Words To Color The Soul

Life… so pondering and colorless

Grey and dusty as the elephant

Trammeling the self… drab, lumbering

Until… what worlds are these?

Twixt the pages of a book

The elephant will fly

In imagination, rainbow hued

In the mind’s eye, infinite vistas

Worlds painted with words

Words to color the soul

© 04 July 2019, by D. Denise Dianaty

Written for "Flash Tales" prompt on the FB page WE PAW Bloggers group

5 minutes, 50 words

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I think of Hemingway's "Hills like White Elephants" and how the girl would say that and the man would respond like she said something really profound.
And when there is that elephant in the room most times it is considered a bad thing...a burden...but reading a book for me has always been a wonderful escape----between those pages.
I love this poem, MomZ...it spoke to me on several levels i can relate to.
j.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you, Jacob. It was actually inspired by the infographic, which was from where the prompt moderator drew her inspiration too. If you're on FB, you should hop over to WE PAW Bloggers and join, then submit your own 50 to 250 word story. I'm admin for the group and we'd love to have you join.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I appreciate the offer MomZ, but I don't do Facebook...thanks though.

[MomzillaNC]

Okay 😎

[barleygirl]

I read your profile & the thing I loved most was your comment about great writers READ! Then I read this poem right after! The world of reading is powerful & magic & illuminating, which you've shown so brightly with your original imagery (elephant lumbering is an awesome idea!) Fondly, Margie

[MomzillaNC]

Thanks so much.

Again, it was the artwork which inspired the lines of poetry. The elephant was actually clipart I used with fonts and photoshop filters to create the infographic for the regularly featured writing prompt in WE PAW Bloggers group (for which I am the admin).

[Sami Khalil]

Words painted with colors do color the soul. They make life vibrant and come to life. Your poem brings that into great perspective.

[MomzillaNC]

Thanks so much. Hey, if your on Facebook, you should join WE PAW and write your own Flash Tale. It's a writing prompt restricted to between 50 to 250 words. I'm the admin for the group.

[Sami Khalil]

Not on Facebook. Thank you though. Best wishes.

[MomzillaNC]

Awww, shucks. Thank anyway.

[Sami Khalil]

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