Purple

by Sydnee Bowden, 16

Violet cotton candy skies

And purple lilacs grown from my eyes

Grape candies stuck in teeth

And lavender from the ground beneath

And sugar plums

And Autumn mums

And amethyst crystals

And blackberry fistfuls 

I strive to see through a purple lens

I strive for love

And affection 

And happy ends

I strive to see weight of the world

Blow just over my shoulder

I strive to feel long eternal emotion 

Emotion that stays in one’s heart 

And appears effortlessly on one’s face

I strive for brightness and color to seep out of my bones

And glow from within me

For I radiate purple

A pale pale purple

Deep beyond my skin in which is nearly invisible 

And my fat in which you can see right through

There is sight of a dull purple

A purple that is locked away 

Waiting for a key

Waiting for a door to open

Always patiently waiting to come out

And it will come out

One day it will

One day I will radiate purple

Shrewsbury, New Jersey