out of the blue and into the black

Color My World

the sun still setting in the gold aureole of sky before twilight
my father dying
the yellow tooth extracted
my father dying
the silver and thinning hair matted
my father dying
the red crust of a scab across a forehead
my father dying
the white noise dreams beneath an oxygen mask
my father dying
the purple blood below the bruised arms' skin
my father dying
the green of 'all the money in the world'
my father dying
the brown of a urine stain on suede
my father dying
the grey matter of fact not fiction
my father dying
the black hole of swallowed memories
my father dying
the sun still setting in the blue aura of sky beyond twilight
my father dying