Reds, browns and golds of autumn carpet the streets.
Orange fire under wet street lamps where the children meet.
Yellow lamplight beckoning through the cracks in curtains.
Green fire in the eyes of lovers, uncertain.
Blue summer skies as deep as forever.
Indigo of twilight as secret as pleasure.
Violet shadows cloak the sleeping town in mystery until morning.
Author notes
All the colours of the rainbow. Colours mark the changing of the seasons and the changing of lives. Look through any window onto a familiar street scene and you can see it happening every day.
A contest entry
- Paint Me A Rainbow by StormGoddess.
450 points, ended July 19, 2008, 17 entries
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Comments
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Just beautiful. I love the autumn take on this as it can really make any place feel like home when you are gazing through a window at those spectacular color. This was written so well. I especially love that last line. That invokes something very warming in my. Thank you for entering the contest.
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Hmm. The rainbows of every day life. You've got a point.
Nice job-- simple but sweet.
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Definitely a colorful piece of writing. Vivid imagery, spanning the many shades of life. Well done. Thank you for entering and good luck. Storm
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