sky-blue lined faces--
blurring skin cells
as she danced down
bruised cheeks;
dripping azure
from sapphire eyes.
dewdrops cascaded
at gravity’s will--
rivaled by none
in matters of
grace and hue
as they flowed across
hardened jaw lines.
we were carolina royalty--
challenged only by
teal waves,
threatening from
midnight horizons.
steely in their
determination
to conquer our
cobalt coasts--
iris skies watched
with satisfaction
as ocean-blue etched
her name in the sand
then threw it in our faces.
Author notes
thirteen+ refrences, uses, or allusions to the color blue. written for a contest that closed before I could enter.
title will stay as-is for now. maybe I'll think of something more suited later. maybe.
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Comments
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dripping azure
from sapphire eyes.… this might sound better if you traded places with the noun and the verb:
azure dripped
from star-sapphire eyes.
It’s very lovely. I particularly like the last stanza and the way it flows- almost like the undulation of the waves. Nice job. -
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