shades of pain

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the color of my tears

is the shade of purple

mixing the fire

of hate and regret

with the blue ice

that froze my soul

these colors stand against each other

fighting for my attention every day

each showing

the strength

to overpower me

they mix and blend

until they shift

into a different state of matter

their atoms and particles

altering my existence

until they make me shed

the sweet purple tears

A perfect blend of love and hate

of the heat from a lover

that leads to a scorched love

fighting with the cold

from a storm that passed

leaving the ice at the bottom of my soul

my tears both smoldering

and freezing

creating the purple bliss of sorrow

tears falling down the pink cheeks

dripping down my dark state

and landing on my once crimson heart

Now only in the shade

of a purple mess

waiting for the white color of hope

a shade that would match

the love that was on its way

the kindness coming

through the fog that blinds me

the tears I shed will always be a shade of purple...

but not all of the tears come from sadness