Grey Words
Grey Words Some words are horrible to hear or say. When I see them in my head, they ’re grey. I m a g i n e every word in the world had a colour, and a dictionary was a rainbow. It would be beautiful , - most of the time. Words like “ sorrow , ” “ despair , ” and “ grief ” are ugly to me, “ Ruined ” and “ regret ” are even worse . Not because they are mundane , but because they taste like ash , and dry out my throat. The words are so heavy on my tongue that I try not to use them, out of fear that they’ll lock onto me and come to life . I m a g i n e the colours for “ adore ”, for “ delight ” and for “ energy ”. They insist on being vibrant. Yellow words are happy and full of joy , And the red words are always passionate, but the words that are the hardest to explain are always grey . I know words that can have their own spectrums of colours. “ Ha pp iness ” can be yello...