melanophobia

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m e l a n o p h o b i a (n) - fear of colour black


a pitch night sky

with no moon in lead

(the attribute of darkness)

a colour merged

of all the ones you can think 

(it is the colour of grief)

a shade that dominates 

my picture

(an aura of fear it brings)

it shows me my empty thoughts,

(the bottomless pits i'm in).

strung into beads

of the sweat that fall 

woven into the night,

i can hear the beasts howl,

it is the dress i wear

as Death approaches.

how does one shade

say so many words?

similar to the poet's dead eyes

i look into.

it is the colour of my soul

and that is why i fear it.

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