Aurora Borealis

The blue, the green, the violet times

All twisted and distorted lies

Confined in my nostalgic mind

I see aurora borealis skies

Sapphires clasped around my neck

Tinted light shines through

As it reflects up my chest

It colours my heart, deep blue

I remember your eyes were indigo

Deep and dark, untrue

My memories are distorted

But I remember the blue

Your love was like the gentle tide

You gifted and withdrew

But I’d stay stranded on the sand

Simply to gaze at the blue

The blue, the green, the violet times

All twisted and distorted lies

Confined in my nostalgic mind

I see aurora borealis skies

You were so jealous all the time

Accusations were obscene

I convinced myself you were not to blame

You were overwhelmed by green

Poison Ivy grows so fast

Like nothing I’d ever seen

I’d no idea of its lethal touch

‘Til I was tangled in the green

I know our paradise was jaded

But what does that really mean?

As mem’ries fade, I remember the jade

A lingering tint of green

The blue, the green, the violet times

All twisted and distorted lies

Confined in my nostalgic mind

I see aurora borealis skies

I was full of optimistic hope

But it was just denial, it

Fell to the floor, he loves me not

The petals of the violet

I shouldn’t have let it carry on

It wasn’t worth revival, it

Wasn’t fair on my mind, my body

Was covered in patches of violet

I hid these secrets up my sleeves

Forever forcing a smile, it

Wasn’t ok, so why did I stay?

Queen of secrecy, the violet.

The blue, the green, the violet times

All twisted and distorted lies

Confined in my nostalgic mind

I see aurora borealis skies

Nostalgia twists my pain into beauty

Creating memories I crave and keep

But accepting the truth, and accepting the grief

Means aurora borealis can sleep.