#only colors

[inspector-faggot]

i Need to be biten by that spider that bit peter parker because i Cannot deal with glasses anymore. save me spider i cant fucking see

[juniper-girl]

That time in the 90's when a bunch of vibes movies came out

[pame-chan-arts]

Hellboy, for a work in digital arts.

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[helianthophile]

LXX

Only Colors

His hair was long

Silver like the moonlight reflected on the water of the stream he faced

He held time in his hands

The ticking of the clocks surrounded him like clouds of summer evening fireflies

He turned his head

His ears perking at the sound of my footsteps and the leaves under them

"Come stand by the river," he said

His voice deep yet aged, like the roots of the willow he stood under

And as I took the last step to meet him by his side

The ticking stopped and even the air halted around us

Silence stilled the air

I swore I could see light moving through the grass, lush and green past the bank

He smiled dimly, laughed a single laugh

And the pocket watch in his hand slipped through his bony fingers

Into the silver moonlight in the stream

And splashed onto our feet, our bare feet in the dying grass

He looked at me

With dark, earthy eyes, we shared the gaze

And as the ticking began again

His colors began to run

His silver hair meshed with the dying grass

His face grew pale and his smile, long

Like paint and turpentine

He melted away into single strands

And washed away in the silver of the river

I watched in awe as he slithered away

Only colors

And my eye caught

His pocket watch

And as I reached in to fetch it

The ticking grew louder

And when it was in my grasp

I felt my youth decay

And frolic away to the other side of the bank

I heard behind me footsteps, and leaves beneath them

Struggling, I spoke, "Come stand by the river,"

And the ticking halted

What a mysterious place

These were my final thoughts

As I slipped away

Like paint and turpentine

Into the silver of the river

Only colors