Fake smiles are..yellow.
No, not for the teeth ( I know what you are thinking. )
But in aspects, fake smiles? They are the brightest shade.
Why?
The beholder of this smile may have skies the darkest of grey and seas rougher than stone,
But that curve reaching the creases of their eyes does not falter, despite the soul feeling alone.
Worlds and walls may fall apart, melancholy may become the weight breaking the chest,
but
That fake smile? It is still there,
Painted over her yellow frown, crying out for the help,
oblivious to the rest.
But as the rivers escape from the walls of her eyes,
the paint slowly wears out, like the cover of a lie.
As the skin from the bottom lip is peeled through and through,
the blood seeps out, drying, becoming as black as night,
contrasting against the yellow, as a sign she's not all right.
Fake smiles are yellow, you see,
not only because they are yellow frowns painted over,
but because the reason they are so bright,
is because they are screaming for help.
And what is the color used for warning signs?
Do you understand?
YOU ARE READING
COLORS
PoetryColors. Shades. A story underneath. Paint over them, but they are still there.
