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The Gray Area

July 20, 2022
By summerchild GOLD, Chandler, Arizona
summerchild GOLD, Chandler, Arizona
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Favorite Quote:
“Some of us have been through so much that even something good feels like a set up.”<br /> -Anonymous


We often think of life

As black white and color

But what about the gray area?

What about the wonderful shadows

Instead of the blots of ink and snow?

What about the stone and the concrete

Instead of the pinks and blues and reds?

What about the monotone scenes

Instead of living in a world of emotions?

What about the world of still

Instead of one that keeps moving?

The gray area allows freedom

The gray area allows the middle

The gray area allows you to be not okay

It allows you to be upset but not sad

It allows you to be miffed but not angry

It allows you to be light but not happy

It allows you to be alone but not secluded

The gray area allows the middle

So when you think of life

Do you think of it as blacks and whites and colors?

Or do you think of it as a gray area?


The author's comments:

I wanted to highlight how life isn’t always “black and white” but it’s not always full of color. It can be trying but not hard, it can be bright without being happy, it can be down without being sad. Life doesn’t always deal in absolutes. 


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