your hat is heavy
you garnish it gracefully
in plumed purple
tints and tones of
stoic scarlet, it’s
silky silver lining
soothes your soul
builds the wall you need
but I see….
ancient stratums
precariously piled
in colours of rain
and pain, pearl grey
layers of loss
balancing high above
un-spilled tears, the
broad-brim hides nothing
my friend
your eyes hold the weight
We are trying on hats today at dVerse Poets Pub. Pay homage to a hat in a poem, yours or someone else’s. Metaphorically, we’ve worn the hats!! Use one as your muse OR use a hat to symbolize something more abstract. Hope you can join us for Poetics! Doors open at 3 p.m. EST.
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