Gold

I've started wearing gold

So I could get my mind off you.

My palaces of gold

Still have silver lining too

They remind me of the clouds

On the stormy days with you.

I wore the silver jewelry

That I didn't have much of.

It didn't match my skin tone,

Just the way you said my name.

I wanted all the sun rays

But you wouldn't show me gold,

Just the dullness of a promise

And a chain around my throat.

I try to scrape the paper off

But I think it's glued down well.

I'm trying to get this house ready

To put back on the shelf,

But these halls hold memories

The heart can not hold on to.

I still have my silver jewelry,

But it doesn't go with anything I own.