Melting Colors
Under a rainy sky, colors blend and fade in a delicate waltz, capturing a moment as fleeting as it is vivid.
A Brief Intro
"Melting Colors" is a Terzanelle, a poetic form that marries the lyrical flow of the villanelle with the interlocking rhyme of the terza rima. This poem invites readers into a vivid tableau of shifting hues beneath a rainy sky, a scene as transient as it is enchanting.
Crafted to be read aloud, "Melting Colors" unfolds with a rhythmic beauty that echoes the dance of raindrops and blended colors. Its melodious and repetitive structure makes it an ideal candidate for musical adaptation, offering a rich auditory and emotional landscape that enhances the spoken word.
Eating cotton candy in the rain,
Colors blend as they melt away,
Under skies grey, our sweet refrain.
Beneath a canopy we choose to stay,
Laughing as sugary threads escape,
Colors blend as they melt away.
Drops mingle with the candy's shape,
A carousel of pink and blue,
Laughing as sugary threads escape.
Each gust of wind, each view anew,
Memories spun like floss so fine,
A carousel of pink and blue.
Whispers of childhood, yours and mine,
Echoes of laughter, timeless, divine,
Memories spun like floss so fine.
Echoes of laughter, timeless, divine,
Eating cotton candy in the rain,
Under skies grey, our sweet refrain,
Colors blend as they melt away.
© Eric Montgomery, 25-April-2024
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