Life Is Pretty Alive

To me
life looks like one artist
is shaping, molding, crafting
the world.
splashing it with feelings of
humor and pain.
Orange.
To me
every dull moment feels
like an onomatopoeia
of "thud"....
Grey, in all shades.
To me
every laughing matter feels
like butterflies and swirly
purple glitter
exploding
into millions of tiny stars.
To me
heartache
feels like glass.
Shards and swords
and thumping heart
pain.
To me
relief
loosens the stomach
and warms me
like hot chocolate.
Brown, gold.
To me
play
feels like moving
one million miles per hour,
down a steep
grassy hill.
Green, yellow!
To me
time
passes like film
rewinding in my mind
as I reel past.

I love life.
It bursts from me,
in every way I see it,
just like it's really happening.