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Date Posted: 12:29:03 07/27/05 Wed
Author: Columbus
Author Host/IP: dsl-80-46-200-34.access.as9105.com / 80.46.200.34
Subject: Re: Colours of the Mind
In reply to: Highlander & Raphaela 's message, "Colours of the Mind" on 15:23:30 07/04/05 Mon

Wow, I feel as though I have been around the world in a single poem



>Colours Of The Mind
>
>Summer sultans of haze
>lemon dresses & insects
>light shadings & scattering jewels across the sky
>flags of Baltimore & Del Fuego swaying on high ships
>in shining white with tints of silver from the oceans
>crust brushing Port
>
>Amber haze on a distant horizon
>heat intensified dancing in the flames
>passion escalating through the golden shades
>too late to heed the warnings time already spent
>red fireflies dance outside our window teasingly.
>
>White marble stands pristine and virginal
>symbolic of purity of love and innocence long past
>highlighted against a sky of azure blue
>calming passions down in shades from turquoise to
>indigo
>multi-coloured saris dazzle in bright sunshine
>demure cream to deepest cerise enticing ardent glances.
>
>Golden dust chokes throat in a thousand city streets
>mosquitoes replace fireflies dancing in the midday heat
>behind the dirt and dust a garden oasis appears
>lush green leaves topped by exotic flowers
>pinks and lilacs, shades of gold and red dance
>brightly.
>
>Like Juliet on the balcony of terracotta glancing
>around
>azure pool ripples enticingly within view too close
>gliding in causes splashes white like snow to fall
>about
>floating in mellow shades of sunshine splashing round
>rainbowing heart’s content and confusion of shades of
>blue and gold.
>
>Candy packets and gum drops flicker crisply inside
>rustled clear plastic
>arousing pink wet tongues of young, glistening like
>oysters undersea
>a prize fighters prize shining silver & gold like your
>rage under fire
>Children’s eyes lighting up like a Christmas tree
>fireworks in brilliant green flashing the night and
>fires burning in the pyre
>headlights and flickering. City skyline rouge stroking
>the black night erasing the stars
>painting the world in all its splendour, blends of my
>favourite Colour
>
>
>
>Highlander & Raphaela

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