A Million Shades of Crimson (Blog marathon post 4)

Today's post is a poem I wrote.

A million shades of Crimson

How can something so beautiful be grey? 

It is a million shades. 

Of Crimson  

Of Golden  

Of Blue 

Of Green 

Of colours that don't have a name 

And of colours that do. 

How can something so dazzling 

Be defined by or confined to 

Relationships formed with people 

Which society likes to give a name to 

In a quest to understand. 

Neatly labelled 

Slotted. 

Marriage, husband, wife, In-laws. 

Within the confines of those narrow spaces 

Bursts forth a certain something. 

Magnificent in its splendor. 

Yet invisible  

Indefinable 

Incomprehensible 

Something you only feel. 

Something more precious than life itself 

A myriad colours  

And a million shades of Crimson. 

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© 2015 Preeti Shenoy

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