Colors can be different

Colors are not frozen, shyly hiding
in the shadows while hinting at 
a deeper shade. Colors can be different
colors, attacking us with their brilliance
or assaulting us through blue dreams
that search for softer complexion,
a complexity of consciousness. 

Color may dance in musical hues
of pixelated pigment only I can hear,
telling stories too bold for black and white.
A brutal world craves absolutes, leaving us
to unearth our own meaning where we may.
A colorless tale has no heart. Let it go.
We will find warmth in tinctured breaths.

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Phillip Knight Scott | © 2019

Written for several prompts!

• Go Dog Go Cafe Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge, December 10, 2019 : “frozen”
• V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #76 : “music”