HER SEARCH FOR YELLOW

By Riley Thomas

Her Search For Yellow is a collection of poetry about love, heartbreak, relationships, family, and woman’s continued search for herself.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jan 25, 2021
• ISBN: 9781716184864

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HER SEARCH FOR YELLOW

Riley Joe Thomas

the girl

was a strawberry.

sweet,

bright,

warm,

ripe,

covered in seeds.

but the boy–

he chilled her.

dipped her in sugar

as if she wasn’t sweet enough

for his taste.

with you

i was an archaeologist

that found dirt

shaped like a bone

from which i sculpted

an enormous

one hundred foot skeleton.

drew scales,

eyes,

humanized it.

put it in textbooks

told others to read.

put it in a museum

told others to see.

how naive was i–

to create

a creature

that was backed by nothing.

that was shaped by dust.

i was once a fluid

cleaning