Friday, November 11, 2005

The Pig-Dragon


I am a rainbow monster.

I change my skin
with a twist of the arm
and a shift of light.

Look at me one way:
I’m blue, red and green.

Look another I am grey
with pewter stripes on the left
and a duck-egg tinge on the right.
I am multicoloured.

Give me three days and I’ll show
every colour there is
from the longest red
to the shortest purple you know.

My body shows electricity
sparking from colour to colour
from deep blush to violet
from jade to another avocado shade
from indigo to midnight blue
from apricot to an orange made
by mixing tangerine and slate.

My toenails pearl for half and hour,
they change to amber with the light
of the sun that shines on golden elbows
that switch to pink at night.

I am a rainbow monster.
I have been told
I’m glorious to see approaching.

But I have never seen myself
when crouching by a mirror
in my glory, in my colour.

I have a problem you can’t see:
the problem is that I can’t see
what you see inside your mind.

My chocolate arms, my peacock face
are invisible to me
because I’m colour blind.



  Posted by deemikay :: # 11/11/2005 04:14:00 AM :: ---------------------------------------