L'aura del Campo

Pink [262]

Pink

It's the softness of the color pink
when worn by a rose or Rosa wrapped in a cashmere sweater
inviting me to eat mayo mixed with beets
ensalada rusa se dice
in soft tones looking at me sadly
as if this loss of what made me — me —
were all there ever was to me.
I seek a new definition:
bold blue hair, crisp crimsom skirt, black lace and black velvet, purple —
anywhere and everywhere.
I refuse to be reduced to a ribbon
in your memory.
Remember how we walked October's arbors of yellow and green turning gold,
orange rowan berries dangling,
clouds scudding across a troubled tourquoise sky
rustling the leaves,
and yet, pink —
how it cheers up that tiny cottage, its eaves trimmed in white.

© Kåre Enga [177.262] (23.oktober.2020)

18 lines free verse

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