by James Schwartz

*Dedicated to Mr. Torie Longstreet

aka Miss Amber Foxx

I gave my heart away.

To the queens of cabaret.

Because they painted it.

Beautiful colors.

Under the strobes.

I wrote love odes.

Because I was bathed in.

Beautiful colors.

Over the rainbow.

Shadows play, stay, go.

Because darkness.

Hides beautiful colors.

I danced a decade away.

With the queens of cabaret.

Because they painted it.

Beautiful colors.