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The Color of Emotion
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The Color of Emotion |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States 
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The Color of Emotion By Paul Wilson If I had to paint emotion I might paint it red for rage To match the fire in my eyes From being trapped in a cage If I had to paint emotion I might paint it green for grass To match the coming of spring ‘As I fish for a big fat bass If I had to paint emotion I might paint it gray To match the clouds On a cold winters day If I had to paint emotion I might paint it yellow For the color of a rose Or a fair haired fellow If I had to paint emotion I might paint it blue For the way you make me feel When my memory drifts back to you If I had to paint emotion I might paint it black For the emptiness in my heart For not taking you back If purple were emotion It would fit me fine It was your favorite color And is also mine Copy Righted 3/10/2021 ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
You did very well this Paul. I thought it the tougher of those given you. Purple has always been a very pleasing color to me, but not one I really linked to emotion. Maybe I just didn't recognize peace and well being. |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Michael...Thank you for your reply. This was really hard to put into words for me, I did the best i could. I almost pulled it off of here because I wasn't happy with the way it came out. I guess emotion can be any color you want it to be based on the mood you are in...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
I think the mid is a very fascinating thing. Some colors bring certain emotions to the masses... say yellow, believed to have a calming effect. Works for most but what of the child who liver and was beaten in a yellow room all his childhood? I daresay his response might not equal the norm on this one. I believe life's presentation of color shapes us individually, and as such, can leave us all with a very different perspective of the very same shade of purple. As was the case with me, felling nothing stirring in me at all when focused on that color, I wondered if I might be missing out on something that the masses felt, or even if you had a personal tie to that shade for some reason. Again, this was the tougher of the challenges. Where you say we can make color any emotion we want, I think on a subconscious level that choice is made for us at a very tender age when we don't even realize it's happening. And I'm glad you left this up. |
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Forlorn Angel Member Posts 143 |
And all these emotions rolled into one make one colorful person I really enjoyed this one it made me smile. |
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