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Your Colour is Green

Deryn Graham·May 23, 2025

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Your Colour is Green

written by: Deryn Graham

How has it taken you so long to show your true colour?
It is a livid green, running like a thick deposit
Buried deep below the surface waiting to be mined.
But I didn’t detect it, I didn’t drill through your veneer.
Your pristine exterior is now scarred with the welts
Where your jealousy has been exposed, laid bare,
Fault lines across the landscape of our lives.
Your toxic green core has caused the ground to shift and fracture.
Our love now lies buried beneath the rockfall of your recriminations.

NOTE:

Based on the Prompt – The Color of Goodbye

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British by birth but South African by choice, Deryn is a professional wordsmith, working in PR and communications. When not writing for work, she's penning poems, writing flash fiction and polishing her manuscript.

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Suman Pokhrel is a Nepali poet, lyricist, playwright, translator, and artist. He debuted in 1999 with a poetry collection and has since published works, including translations of Shakespeare and global poets. His poems are translated into many languages and taught across South Asia. A two-time SAARC Literary Awardee, he also received Asia’s Inspiring Poet Award and was named Author of the Month by Spillwords in June 2023. Beyond literature, he works as a freelance consultant in socio-economic research, rural development, entrepreneurial development and creative writing. He began his career in Nepal’s civil service and later worked with international NGOs. He holds degrees in Science, Law, Business Administration, and Economics.

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