something about Vermillion

Ada Lavelle

after a day at the beach with you at the end of the summer one time we decided to go for a drive in your gorgeous vintage car a deep pure metallic red 1966 ford mustang convertible When i was little i always wanted a convertible riding in one was like a childhood dream come true as we drove, our wet hair flowed behind us whipping around in the soft wind the smell of salt in the air was nostalgic it made me remember i was not going to get any younger my naivete was quickly fading away the older i got i knew i needed to cherish these insignificant simple times before they would fade away like early morning fog in the afternoon the sun was rapidly going down as we drove on into the night i could see a faint crescent moon the sky looked extremely surreal it was hard to explain but i will do my best a blend of red, orange, and yellow’s the red dominated over the week orange and yellow shades i had never seen a sight like that sky ever before as the sun got lower and lower the sky became dark red i had felt like i had seen that color once before but i could not place where we drove until the sun was all the way down when we pulled back up to the beach house it was late into the night and it hit me the sky matched the color of the car when i asked you what color you thought it was you said Vermilion after that day

Vermilion became our special color my wedding bouquet had Vermilion roses as the center piece my forever home had Vermilion shutters placed upon the dusty windows that i once used to look out at you long after the life of that car and long after you it still was our secret thing that only we knew about part of me hopes you never forgot about it signs of you popped up everywhere in the form of Vermilion i still thought of our Vermilion night sometimes i missed you in the morning when i looked out at the sun out the dusty windows with the gorgeous Vermilion shutters i wish i could say i chose those shutters for you but they were there when i moved in when i drove off to work i wish i was in your slick vintage Vermilion car i wished to go back to that special night i never saw a sky that color ever again after that the Vermilion sky our Vermilion sky

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