What’s my favourite colour? ~ by Anonymous

When someone asks me this question

I say green because it is simple

However

I don’t think I’ve ever had a favourite colour.

A favourite colour,

Seems as if it’s a perception 

Of who you want to be,

Instead of what that little voice tells you.

I will say that

I love green! Or blue!

Because those options are a part

Of the person that I want others to think of me as.

A colour always seems 

To have to relate to a 

Certain thing,

A certain feeling.

Red is strawberries, and maturity

Orange is confidence, and bright personalities

Yellow is sunshine and kindness

Green is nature and the feeling of being free

Blue is serenity and the ocean

Purple is deep thoughts and creativity

Pink is playfulness and cupcakes

But,

What is black?

Is it the feeling of emptiness?

A dark void to never escape from?

Ebony

Jet

Midnight

Obsidian

Onyx

So many words,

To describe a shade looked over.

There couldn’t be happiness,

Without somberness

There couldn’t be recognition of

Light, and Brilliance,

Without Darkness and Silence.

I have never met anyone who 

Truly understands the beauty of

Ink on a page

A bare night sky

The empty void of thoughts

That you call your mind.

In it’s own way, 

Black is a blank canvas

Not as in the colour,

But in the mindset.

Black is often associated with

Death

Solemn

Seriousness

When it can be anything and everything

All

At

Once.

“Black is so boring though!”

Ravens.

Dark umbrellas in the rain.

The eye of someone you cherish.

So much more that I cannot even begin to explain.

Finding beauty in the little things 

Can bring out the darkness

However darkness does not always mean

Scary.

“What’s your favourite colour?”

I’m in love with the colour 

That is simply the background

So that the light can always shine.

In today's edition of Literary Lounge I will be comparing the books “Better Than The Movies” and “Nothing Like The Movies”.

Starting with the first book of the series, Better Than The Movies. This book is an immediate page turner. This book is from the perspective of Liz (Elizabeth, Libby, Lib, Lizzie) Bauxbaum and how she wanted to go out with her forever crush that just moved back to Nebraska, Micheal Young. She finds out that the only way to win him over is his best friend who just so happens to be Liz’s (very annoying) neighbor Wes (Wesley) Bennet. After a little talking Liz and Wes work out a deal to help Liz get close to Micheal but Liz might start to find a romantic partner in someone else. Someone who's been there forever.

The rating I give this book is a 10/10 because every part of this was interesting and I can certainly say I fell in love with these characters and had many happiness attacks while reading it.

Now for the 2nd book in the series, Nothing Like The Movies. This book is from Liz and Wes’ perspective. SPOILER ALERT It is about Wes trying to win Liz back after they break-up. But in between fake boyfriends and confusing history, the two have a hard time accepting their fate.

The rating I give this book is a 8/10. The beginning and middle are very boring but trust me, the ending makes up for it all.

-Article by Maelle