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| "Infinite Sadness", ink on paper by Carmel Jenkin |
“Blue is the color of sadness and
regret”
is what they wrote, these children
who let
their thoughts and words go free.
They read
the line so softly, like following
a thread
they had found in their hearts.
Perhaps
they’ve known sadness, seen joy
collapse
with no warning. Perhaps regret has
filled
some hours of their lives, and
chilled
the sunshine of their spirits. They
wrote
their poem as if they hoped to
float
their thoughts across to all their
friends
to share the sorrow life sometimes
sends.
". . . like following a thread / they had found in their hearts". - what a perfect image! And it might not have come out without the nudge provided by the form you had started off with. Or maybe the form just arrived as you were thinking about the students' line? Fine poem!
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