Nothing we see is color
Cezanne said that
but no one believed him
All we really see
is light
valiantly massacred
the mineral-laden earth
with its zillions of herbal veins
and carnivorous flowers
mere pinpoints of light
reverberations of molecular light
adorned with ornaments
of human bones
George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, New York (U.S.). His work has been included in such publications as the Hazmat Review, MORIA Poetry Journal, Chronogram Magazine, Allegro Poetry Journal, Kalliope, Ampersand Literary Review, The Angle at St. John Fisher College and 3:16 Journal. George’s blogs, essays and letters have appeared in Nonviolence Magazine, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Pace e Bene, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, the Havana Times, the South China Morning Post, The Buffalo News and more.
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