9.20

I watched a kid lean into his girlfriend today, his toes tense and his neck bent. I heard a woman laugh with her partner today, hearing a funny story for the millionth time. I saw a man's ring today, bounding his finger and signing his commitment. I saw a full life today, and I fancied the colors of it. Hot yellow, white at the fringes crumbling into old, used red. Bright blue, flashing out blue, unlivable blue. A soft, permanent black, a nighttime gloom, limned with silver and hiding white. The palette of today was worth painting for you.