Watercolor

[SpurYourImagina]

Scrunched up paper
Balls of meaningless love
Things and their damnable sorrow
Often betraying with guilt and murder
Bled with red ink

Words twist and twinge
Their color shifting
Hues iridescent
Chameleons constantly
Contorting confused
They covertly flow
And intermingle

Seeking stasis
In a rough sea of parchment
Tears strike the surface of a love letter
Poised with purpose
At the whim of its creator

[imthefoolonthehill]

It is very dramatic.

I'm not sure if the poem has earned, "balls of meaningless love" by the second line. Images need to be grounded in the concrete before they are stated like that.

Your poem attempts the abstract. It attempts symbolism and metaphor without a ground. In my opinion, you could use a lot of the same imagery, very effectively (since it is good imagery), if you gave it a proper ground.

[SpurYourImagina]

Images need to be grounded in the concrete before they are stated like that.

I kind of see what you're saying. Originally, this poem was written for a poetry class that was due the next day. I wanted to convey my an image of frustration as I yearned to express what was clear in my heart but not in my head. This poem is about writing poetry.

The "scrunched up paper balls" are actually my failed attempts at good poetry. I gave the title "Watercolor" to make it more of a universal poem. I like for my poems to be universal so different people who read it can gather their own meanings from it. A poem to one, may seem like an entirely different poem to another.