your words smelled like roses but
they left a taste of vinegar in my mouth
truth does not come easily to you
your words looked soft and fluffy but
i felt pricks on my skin from the thorns
compassion does not come easily to you
you colored your words with peaceful
green but underneath was the red of rage
love does not come easily to you
my words stretched out to cover you
in a quilt of tender blue so you
would feel the color of peace
—
the prompt today over at the pub is “synesthesia”
Thanks to Victoria Soto for this one
rhymeswithbug 
I hope your gesture worked. The synaesthesia isreally moving in this.
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This is very touching and you mastered this device!
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thanks!
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Greys..
hUmans raiSinG
without emPathy
oF Love..
Colors
aRe Us..
sAdlYer
hard to
pAint
greys
among
us.. now
long sInce
canVas
lefT
blank..
BRushPAint..:)
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oh yes, so much gray – thanks
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May all colors come to you.. Smiles..:)
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So well used here.. you might paint your wrongdoing but truth has a tendency to seep through
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thanks 🙂
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Have to watch out for those types that veil their words! Really enjoyed this. I hope that feeling of blue peace did the trick.
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wish a blue quilt would do the trick. thanks for commenting.
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So much sadness here until that final redemptive stanza…what a wonderful image. Unfortunately, I imagine most of us have known someone to whom truth does not come easily. I dated one of those once.
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oh dear! I guess we’ve all been fooled by those insincere people
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I admire the color of peace ~ May it be so and may we learn to see it well ~
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yes, if only a blue quilt would do the trick
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Excellent! Sometimes the inner colors contrast strongly with the outer!
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thanks very much
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The last stanza is beautiful.
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thanks you so much!
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Powerful coloring here…hope the one extending the tender blue quilt finds peace.
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Wouldn’t it be nice if all it took was a blue quilt
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Indeed, the color blue is for true peace… love, on the other hand, is denoted by so many colors 😉 Nicey done.
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thank you kindly 🙂
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