Happiness
Picking a Periwinkle after a Rose can be
Deceptive,
For a time.
Blooming in winter:
Beautiful–
But icy.
Periwinkle blue after Rose red
Is a cool sunrise after a burning sunset:
Beautiful–
But icy.
Picking a Periwinkle after a Rose can be
Deceptive,
For a time.
The beauty of the flowers can be compared,
Yet cannot be compared.
Periwinkle blue after Rose red is
Not immediately recognisablely obviously sad,
But it is.
A sad colour.
Picking a Periwinkle after a Rose can be
Deceptive,
For a time.
(2015)
