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True Colors

December 27, 2014
By Nancy Ward BRONZE, Winston Salem, North Carolina
Nancy Ward BRONZE, Winston Salem, North Carolina
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Sometimes in life we're tricked

By pretty things and beautiful sights

 

Blinded by lies,

Unable to see the truth

 

We're not forced to believe anything 

We just do

 

Because as humans,

We trust 

 

But now I see the true colors behind it all

And sometimes the true colors aren't always pretty

 

Sometimes those true colors turn out to be

Different shades of grey 

 

When really at first we saw bright blues

And happy yellows 

 

But those bright blues and happy yellows 

Faded out to reveal the hidden grey that 

Was underneath 

 

And grey doesn't bring joy,

It doesn't make you laugh

 

Bright blues and happy yellows make you laugh

And then you find yourself searching 

For those colors you once thought were true

 

Because you want to escape

This grey this... saddness

That your lost in 

 

Because you're tired

And confused

 

And you just want those fake colors 

To actually be real for once 



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