OctPoWriMo 16 - Paint the Rainbow

Photo by Tony Ross on Unsplash

Sunrise, sunset, weeping eyes—

Will you paint the roses red for me?

Paint the midnight rainbow bright—

Change it all and set me free.

Ignite a fire in my soul,

Turn light to dark and dark to light,

Change it all and set me free,

Paint the midnight rainbow bright.

Nothing gold can stay they say,

But still I say, love is the key.

Paint the midnight rainbow bright—

Change it all and set me free.

A sprout becomes a bud, then blooms,

Creating green out of sunlight.

Change it all and set me free—

Paint the midnight rainbow bright.

Sit beside the peaceful stream,

Dive into the deep blue sea,

Paint the midnight rainbow bright,

Change it all and set me free.

Violets are blue? But no.

Turn right to wrong and wrong to right,

Change it all and set me free,

Paint the midnight rainbow bright.

OctPoWriMo 19 - The Whole Rainbow

Prompt: Purple
Form: Villanelle

The Whole Rainbow

I used to like purple the best
But now I love the whole rainbow:
Each part of me therein expressed.

As a child, I was obsessed;
I guess some things you just outgrow.
I used to like purple the best.

The prism in me manifest
Can through my life the spectrum show
Each part of me therein expressed.

It’s not a battle nor a test
To bring me to where I can glow.
I used to like purple the best.

And though I have not yet confessed
Every part of me, you know
Each part of me herein expressed.

No longer is my heart compressed;
Now I am free to learn and grow.
I used to like purple the best;
Each part of me herein expressed.

OctPoWriMo 27 - Rainbow

Colours bowing in the sky,
Reaching over all below.
Spectrum dancing in my eyes;
Colours bowing in the sky.
I tip my head and stretch out my
Senses, welcoming the glow.
Colours bowing in the sky,
Reaching over all below.

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