D13
Smash Ace
happy shade of sad
It’s a happy shade of sad
that wets a mother’s eyes;
for all that is, she is glad
and tells her pride.
Like to the shade
that streaks the setting sun;
that restless hue made
when day is done.
A happy shade that warms the sound
of friends’ goodbyes--
though each be singly bound,
not an end
or a severing of ties.
A happy shade of sad
animates the look of an old toy
sitting on the shelf,
or the dreams of a young boy
who was not so different from yourself.
But this does not last,
like every brush and hue;
stop to turn the hourglass;
reveal colors bright and new.
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I was kind of down when I wrote this. Thoughts? Grammar issues? Criticism?
* best read slowly
It’s a happy shade of sad
that wets a mother’s eyes;
for all that is, she is glad
and tells her pride.
Like to the shade
that streaks the setting sun;
that restless hue made
when day is done.
A happy shade that warms the sound
of friends’ goodbyes--
though each be singly bound,
not an end
or a severing of ties.
A happy shade of sad
animates the look of an old toy
sitting on the shelf,
or the dreams of a young boy
who was not so different from yourself.
But this does not last,
like every brush and hue;
stop to turn the hourglass;
reveal colors bright and new.
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I was kind of down when I wrote this. Thoughts? Grammar issues? Criticism?
* best read slowly
