it is only this –

a single droning  way,

 

a backdrop for breathing, luring and lively

all in red or green or blue-

pink  or yellow ribbons that remind us

of someone lost.

it is only this.

a surface, serene and affable

sometimes glowing and thinned

infinite until shattered.

and you step out

bleeding a bit of color

fresh from a palate.

it is only this.