OUR CATEGORY : Linda Smith

Colours

Can I paint colours
for you
who are blind?
I will try.
Brown feels and smells
like moist earth
in spring
as you plant
tastes like chocolate
bitter-sweet
on your tongue.
Yellow warms
like sun
through your window
on cold winter days
is lemon meringue
the song
of a lark.
White is
the smell of your sheets
freshly washed
dried by the wind
the taste of cold milk
silence
when you are alone.
Red shouts like a trumpet
clangs like parades
tastes […]