Exhale

Close my eyes

Open the black blinds

Set free, the color flies

Mixing into a sunrise

Before the moon comes from behind

And the color—

Stops

Inhale

Hit “unpause” and

See swirls and

Wonder if they

Ever drop

Now hit “pause” and

The color pauses

The blues and greens come

To a stop

Exhale

Close your eyes

Listen to the fireworks

Exploding in your mind

Memorizing rhymes

Composing more lines

Til it all stops

Exhale

Hearing colors

Swimming murmurs

Feeling patterns

Until it all just

Stops

{Added note: have y’all heard of synesthesia before? It’s really cool and I thought I might be fun to write a poem about it. Do y’all see or hear colors when you listen to music? Answer in the comments: what colors are rap, classical, acoustic, pop, country, and/or worship music to you?}