Synesthesia from Damages by Jon Hadley

You know synesthesia
Is a lot of fun
You get to feel
You can feel every emotion
In a color
Texture

But it also means
You get to fear everything
In multiple ways too
It's always give and take

I got stuck on the color of your kiss
Orange hues that I typically fall in
Cigarette smoke is distantly calling
And it smells so blue

The feel of these bed sheets is danger
You taste like the deep gray of a stranger
Sand between my teeth
I feel manic
Sawdust in my joints from the panic

Where most people would just breathe energetically
I got to feel my fear Synesthetically.

How I don't know
I ache in flavors I don't control
One texture makes me high
Another low
A love affair with vertigo

I got stuck in the flavor of breaking
Bitter notes that are constantly aching
Somewhere I am patiently waiting
Feeling blue

The feel of your skin is danger
You taste like the deep gray of a stranger
Glass between my teeth
I feel manic
Sawdust in my joints from the panic

How I don't know
I ache in flavors I don't control
One texture makes me high
Another low
A love affair with vertigo

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