all the colors
turned to gray
as she walked out the door
she took my world
made it monochromatic
with the simple act

of leaving

where once
were purples and blues
greens and neon pink

black and white
runs down the walls
like rain

colors blur
like wisps
at the edge of my vision
flashes of memory

all has become gray
without
her light
to infuse me

monochromatic pinwheels spinning
on the cerebral cortex

of yesterday