Fall Into Gray

 

My heart is made of ruby red glass and adorned by sapphire scars. I keep it safely locked in its crystal case upon a pedestal of cascading colours; it is the only brilliance within a vast gray sea of emotions…

 

Then along comes your love; a tiny steel hammer, forged of hurt and anger and swung by pride as I watch helplessly…

 

I am ruefully in awe of the irony in the beautiful tinkling sound that I

hear when the crystal case is conquered and tiny shards of ruby red glass

explode ...and fall into gray.

Author's Note

A challenge by my good friend Nuala Molloy Moran to use the word "pedestal"

Reviews

[Captain Blackheart (The..]

A nice piece, reminded me of beauty and the beast where the rose is in the glass case slowly loosing it's petals. A wonderful write!

[Siddartha Beth Pierce]

What a beautiful conglomeration of emotion and color. Truly stunning. Thank you.
Light,
Siddartha

[jen -- JG]

I like this Tania - even the smallest hammer can do great damage with a consistant tap tap tap.
When your crystal case is conquered and the shards of ruby red glass explode and fall into gray, all is not lost, for the brilliant red shards will colour the grey as well, and love conquers all in the end.

One again a great write.

Cheers
Jen

[Robert Luna]

I liked this the flowing brightness of an impending moment of gray that we all have felt and found a miserable comfort within. I think your imagery was perfect and held such vividness to the scene you painted so wonderfully.



Great Job!!!!!

[dEj]

A challenge met handily! It's always a puzzler to back into a poem from a single word and come away with real emotion. Bravo!

[Rain]

I read this as the shield you use to hide in you've managed to make beautiful, but deceptive. Then to see it's beauty shattered finally allow a greater beauty to be revealed. That's how I read it, and I love that perception, so don't try and change it..hee hee. Great piece. Rain..

[Carole]

A wonderful write. I may be missing the meaning of this....but I see this as a damaged heart that is making itself vulnerable again...and being healed bit by bit! Great imagery...Your knowledge of the English language is amazing...Unique write.

(I am painting walls, but I am finished....Now just to do the solid colors on the other walls which is a piece of cake.) I know--alot of people don't like painting. I do not love it, but I wanted the stripes on the main wall and they turned out perfect and it really makes the room pop...I enjoy painting on canvas too though. :-) Thanks for asking...

[Marie]

Amazing. It had a great flow and wonderful imagery. This is descriptive and yet not. A style I happen to enjoy.

[Static C]

I always find setting myself a challenge or a goal helps to focus my writting. This is proof of that. A wonderful piece here in my not so humble. The comparison of the heart to crystal Implying great fragility strikes me as exceedingly apt. The fact that you chose precious stones was also interesting. I think we all sometimes feel that we must harden our heart to keep it safe, but it is good to remember not to let it become brittle as result. By placing your heart on a pedestal there is also the danger of never being able to meet your own emotional expectations. Again I look forward to reading more of your work.

[Ken Simm.]

Excellent. Very lyrical and reminds me of Tennyson.