Of All The Stories I've Written, I Share With You, Stranger, These Few

violet

violet,
the color of kings and queens,
the color of loyalty.

i hate the color
violet
on you.

and you know this,
my god have i made myself clear
about that color on you.

because you know what it means
to me
to you
to us

and yet you still don it
over
and
over
again.

how much do you value your narcissism
to color yourself
violet,

because i know
you're only wearing it to spite me,

because i know
how much you hate the color
violet.

and yet,
you wear it
just for me.

how dare you,
and your stupid color,
and your loyalty that shattered like glass
the day you saw her,

and how dare you
try and court me back into your arms,
when you can't even keep
a crown on your head.