All The Colors You Can't See

By: Abigail Handojo 2022

Open your eyes for me, what do you see,

Is there anything you can use to compare?

Like the juniper tint of evergreen trees,

Or bold brushstrokes of cobalt in the air?

Vision cannot dispute with what’s sensory

So taste rich marigold hues in herbal tea

Find the deep shades of olive in hickory

And pink in the soft petals of sweet peas

Revel in rich red rubies and raspberries

And taste cedar in bitter breaths of coffee

Feel periwinkle dust your cheek like fairies

Let burgundy coat your tongue like toffee

Taste the vivid flavor of vermillion

Find amber-gold in the aroma of ginger

Inhale the soft white scent of jasmines

Feel wilting ivy trace you like a whisper

Let the lilac lace your scent like lavenders

Feel vanilla white linger where she goes

Feel teal flick each page of the calendar

Notice violet in each work of poetry or prose

Smell the spices of cinnamon and sage

Let the jet-black ink imprint your memory

Trace spots of crimson engraved in age

Experience colors without needing to see

Darling, it’s not a disability to be blind

So why don’t you stay awhile with me

Use my words to paint inside your mind,

Feel all the colors you can’t see

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Published in Fresh Ink's May Issue

Original cover edited using IbisPaintX and Picsart