Rhyme For Some Reason

Solace

As golden satisfaction

     Grows tarnished in my mind

And tepid sulphurous laughter

     Is all that I can find;

As violet velvet passion

     Is bleached of sumptuous dye

And fervid orange triumph

     Is smothered with a sigh;

As emerald fascination

     Dissolves in listless mud

And florid crimson anger

     Pales like diluted blood;

While all else fades to grayscale

     As life concedes its hue-

I find a turbid solace

     In tides of deepest blue.

04/20