This is so triumphant. The colors you imply but do not use. We have "fireworks" and "splatters of brightness" and "riot of luminescence" and "rainbows," but not "red" or "blue" or "green." I love how you create explosions with your color words without mucking them up with actual colors. The reader is absolutely free. Thank you.

This was so sweet! Also, what you're saying is so true. Maybe I'm over-analyzing this, but to me it was about how looks can be deceiving, and that just because you may be subdued on the outside doesn't mean you're not bristling with life on the inside. I loved reading this; it's definitely one of my favorites! Keep writing!

MAGNIFICENT. My favorite phrases were "she spoke in thunderstorms" and "brightness blurred by rain." Yeah, that pretty much made my life. Thanks for being!

Amazing! I love the descriptive metaphors you use; they have an energizing effect. I especially love the phrase "and she spoke in thunderstorms." There's something so beautiful about this picture, maybe because I've always loved rain and thunder. This poem has kind of stuck with me for a couple days ever since I saw it on here, and I kept hoping I would find the perfect thing to say about it, but I really don't know what else to say except that I love it, so I'm sorry I don't have anything more constructive to say. Keep writing!

This was a very inspirational poem. I liked it a lot; keep up the great work.

I loved this poem. It reminded me of my synesthesia.

That was beautiful. At first I didn't like it, but then I went back, and I read each sentence for what it was, and it all made sense. I love the way you blur the eccentric colors of the girl with the dull "charcoal" of the past so casually, and yet so forcefully imagined. You did a great job of nonchalantly planting images in readers' heads that they didn't even know where there. For my criticism, I think the fifth line was a little wordy. Otherwise, I have no complaints.

Wow. I thought this was absolutely beautiful. It made me think of people seeing others in new ways, and of people finding their voices and showing people different, wonderful sides. I adore the descriptive language you used. Excellent, excellent job. Keep writing!