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Starry Night
December 19, 2018
sunshine seeps
through my skin
slowly saturating
my soul in happy hues
like threads of yellow gold
flowing from my fingertips.
i feel like king midas:
everything i touch becomes precious.
but other times
i drown in blue
breathlesly bathed in the
boundless abyss of ocean
my lungs devoid of oxygen:
i scream but make no sound
trapped under the blanket of blue
beneath the starless, sapphore sky.
blue and yellow like
vincent van gogh’s starry night,
the subtle shades of ioy
melted into a saddened sky.
blue and yellow like
a butterfly still learning
how to spread its fragile wings and fly.
blue and yellow like
the sweet summee sun setting
on the horizon.
blue and yellow:
a balance, a blend
between
pure joy
and
melancholic despair.
© Alice B., Sarasota, FL
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it was inspired by this time a conversation between a friend and i, when i first disclosed that i was depressed. he said to me, “but you always seem so happy. you always are smiling and laughing and making everyone feel happy.” that moment really struck me and made me aware of the polarizing opposites and extremities my moods can sometimes feel like—and how the happiness i feel is usually directed outward whereas my sadness comes from within.