The Colors of You

MARIA RITA FURTADO

This poem represents Generation F because it is about fierce emotions and not being afraid to express them. I believe this is something that embodies my generation.

Evil comes in all different colors

Especially the green in your eyes

And the golden specks of amber

That gleam in the moonlight.

But also in the faded blue of your jeans,

The ones that fit my hand just right

When I slip it into your back pocket.

It comes in dark brown—

That scar you got

From the last homecoming football game.

It comes in polished wooden brown—

your hair

whenever you run your hands through it,

or when you don’t run your hands through it.

I like it better like that anyways.

But mostly,

It comes in Fire Island orange.

Because I remember that as the last color I saw—

Before you turned off the lights

And everything went black.