Poetry Contest Entries

sky

i gaze up at the sky,
the bright blue nothingness
seems like heaven to me.

but when the sun goes down;
i see it for what it is—
a universe of deep blue sorrow.

sometimes we are blind to
the darkness behind the
shroud of joy that we put
up to disguise the pain.

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Writer's Choice— A Path to the Wattys [poetry category] by kriti44444
Topic— Blue