Shillong (in colour)

Bright red. 

Splashed across the dappled green shade,

And on grey, asphalt streets.

White like fear,

And white like cold 

(but stained with sweat).

Dark like dread.

Yellow and blue and red

Like fire 

And a man who burns within (it).

Black and purple 

Like the bruises after a lynching.

Bright.

Like the night. 

With the moon. 

And a million brilliant stars

Shining down their silver light