pink
pink
/piNGk/
a soft gentle pigment
that materializes in subtle hints onto my gray world
it is:
sheep printed pajamas
a hello kitty blanket
a default laptop background
and a strawberry coaster currently holding my beer
it was:
rosy cheeks
Rose’s love story
rose tinted glasses
and roses he used to give her
it manifested in baba’s gifts to mama:
heart shaped jewelry
“In honor of Mother’s Day.”
a 2006 valentine’s card exclaiming
“I love you!”
and a hot pink mp3 player
“With the song ‘Take Me To Your Heart’ downloaded on it for her birthday”
it hurt:
like the zits I picked at on my pubescent face
like the bruises left on my back
like crying to P!nk’s Who Knew on the bus every morning
“You took my hand, you showed me how, you promised me you’d be around...who knew”
it manifested in mama’s gifts to me:
a new pair of rose gold glasses
“But now without the same vibrant tints”
and pink airplane slippers
“I wore with the irony of running away”
it flushed my face:
in anger
in embarrassment
in sad drunken nights
he:
started with a flush of the cheeks
possessed the softest salmon tinted lips
took me to watch sunsets on terraneous horizons
and brought new colors and meaning to my world
