Pale

White
The shade of a
Little girl's kitten dreams.
A grown woman's
Expected wedding dress.

White
A poppy tint
Forgotten.
Fragile, fragrant
Peace.

White
Seagull's wings
Spreading shadows
On a fluttering summer
Sundress.

White
Suffocating silent
Snow
Stinging pulseless
Wrists.

White
The page before
These blots of ink
The tissue before
These drops of blood
The soul

Before

The screaming colours hit
And stream into
Pale innocence.