Believing in blue (collab with Alaina S.)
by Ava Blu
1,000 pictures calling out
with sore voices and static
detached faces clamoring around
like people dancing
in mismatched socks
scrutinizing through
abandoned roles of film
i think they're waiting to be claimed or
tossed under the microscope,
to be identified further
for scratches and other technicalities
missed the first time around
deformities will be tossed aside,
as perfection takes it's toll
in a world where grey doesn't cut it
if left under for too long,
colors will emerge where
there's no space for anything but black
barely audible,
her picture remains,
without intentions
and without any reply to be put
in a mason jar
to be kept on the window sill,
as prisms of light shine through
and break the silence of the place that
brings her sobs under review
as she tries to find a match
for the only piece of colour that
would make sense worn on her.
07/17/2005