Limelight

Limelight

Before the moment of tears,
the tremble of the lip,
the eyes are colored green.

The watercolor effect
transcends the image
of rosebud lips, quivering,
of diamond tears, pooling.

The hectic jade hue
manifests true sorrow,
exercising boundaries,
reconciling truth.

Under the surface of flushed skin,
of the heaving chest,
a lacerated heart beats timidly.

The tear-stained cheeks,
the blushing flesh,
contrast agonized eyes,
the monster in the limelight.

The illumination of the soul,
behind chartreuse-stained windows
reflects across an ocean of longing
as rain streaks across the glass.

After clearing the forest,
the calming of the storm,
those feelings, that color still remains,
deeper than the ocean,
brighter than the limelight,
darker than the blush,
richer than the diamonds.