The Colors of (un)Love

We've been given this paper of ivory,

the problem wasn't that

we lacked creativity

or had a limited supply

of colors to choose between.

Quite the contrary,

we have an abundance of

hot magenta or aquamarine

peach or plum or tangerine.

I know this for a fact

because we've had bold explosions

in the past,

the problem was that

you and I

just fought over

the mystic grey and

night black,

and we poured ourselves empty

of everything that was dark

and now I want a redo

so I wont let go of lavender,

sunglow or pacific blue-

colors that deserve to be flowing

through and through

but we have blocked their way

with a build up of residual attitude.

I want to re-color what

we've made dark and gloomy,

I want to replace the danger of grey clouds

with a magnificently lit full moon,

I desperately yearn to rip this up,

and try to start anew, 

but there are no second chances 

just new days tainted by the sunburn

of old habits.