Love is
Not the loud red of arrival
Not the blue that once named the animal
But something more patient
A hue that does not ask to be witnessed
It gathers in the soft underside of things
In the pulse behind my wrist
In the dim gold of late afternoon
Resting on skin that has known both fire and its absence
I am no longer painted
I am permeated
A slow diffusion
Like pigment released into water
Not dissolving
But becoming indistinguishable from it
There are colors now that do not belong to sight
The warmth that lingers after touch
The quiet violet of being understood
The pale, infinite white of a moment that asks for nothing
And still
Somewhere beneath it all
A deeper tone remains
Unnameable, steady as breath beneath sleep
It does not bloom
It does not fade
It moves, slow and certain
Through every hidden place in me
Until I am no longer carrying color
I am the place it comes alive































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