Painting

i offer you my blue
the sadness on my soul
from all i ever knew as true..
an endless whirlwind around me
the wake of shadowed tears
the forgone self- esteem
fluid in fleeting years
a river of lost dreams

i offer you my blue
a tender midnight kiss
awakening new trust
a butterfly in view
a river of new dreams
set free in flight
sadness has become delight

i offer you my green
my stain of broken trust
with little left to assemble
my small hands sifting through dust
counting the nightmares
waiting for my mind to be quiet

i offer you my green
the forest’s sweet perfume
the vision of dogwood in bloom
chasing petals adrift
to be your gypsy
and your queen

i offer you my red
bricks stacked to form a wall
with emotion that lays dead
inside; and hides from all
forming the great prison
of my mind

i offer you my red
the leaves of a tree in autumn
lay you in love’s own bed
emotion overflows
passion given in full
beyond the worlds troubles
all the power i have; in heart,
in hope… in my life