it feels royal for having stripped bare of all my sins and shame,
my thoughts and prayers
and most importantly my past
for, that was the black lining that outlined my chipped wings.
Freed at last;
exposed: here I am
the whitest of white
circling every sky
and going
up high
and higher.
I will look into the eyes of rainbow
and smile my best smile
and it's been a while
I have smiled at all.
___________
©VioletEden
15thFebruary2017
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Vermillion
شِعرI have been surviving the past few years, counting on my hands, the days taking me, to the impending end. I will not. I will not sacrifice my hands anymore for something so sacrilegious. I color my hands with Vermillion, rub the pages of my noteboo...