Colours Of Life Poem by Nuzhat Fatima

Life is a rainbow, why wear it dull!
Not gloomy grey, nor dark and glum.
Splash some red, add a dash of blue
Kiss some peach, drape a violet hue.

Hail life! I bear it bright
Pink chiffon and crimson delight!
A rose a day, turquoise another
I'm a green of olives, a scent of lavender.

Black and white? Now and then.
With a print of sapphire, jasper within.
I'm a spirit of all tones and touches,
My heart taps in the velvet blushes.

A bare soul, a brush of gold decorates
Strip a shade, an aching plumage remains.
Beauty is whole, half has no charm
Flawed exists, thrive in absolute form.

I am when I am all my colours
I will only be if I save them all.
Hold me, if you must, with my shades
For, if I drop one, I will not be!