Colors Dwelling Under

colors
I dance
across your spectrum
and lose myself, in warmth
dipping my fingers
in paints glowing and wet
in shades so vivid, alive
and I know today
I will choose temperature
over temperate

orange, fruity and sweet
apricot, tangerine, mango
juicy brightness
more saturated
under the skin
fire in the nectar

purple, fragrant, deep
grapes, plump, pregnant
juice, with dreams of wine
plums, lilacs, violets
lavender, urging sleep
perfumed warm wakings

yellow, sunny, bright
tart lemon days
long saffron nights
fearless floral songs
honey, slow moving and sweet
bananas, fast ripening
with the smell of simian needs

then red, oh red
strong, like a club
blood and roses
vine glimmering tomatoes
strawberries
who lose youthful paleness
for soft mellow red sweetness
grounded in tart caresses

I might wrap myself in blueness
enjoy green comfort in forest vastness
think thoughts of simple black and grey
but I will live, and be
with those colors
that need
to dwell under (not over)
my skin

©2007 C. L. B. Callender