Instead of blue,
She always saw candy floss
Pink clouds, and
Orange puppies
Within the pages
Of her colouring books.
Shy eyes
Continually noticed the
Polychrome possibilities
Of a black-and-white world,
While downcast eyes
Traced doodles
On empty sidewalks.
Her keen mind
Envisioned a mirage
Of colours, spattering life
Into the foundations of a
Concrete jungle.
Her thoughts bloomed
To tell tales of
A world in brilliant multicolour,
And keenly noticed all of
Life’s 101 shades of grey.
But,
Living life with
Rosy spectacles
Would not do,
They said.
And so,
They delivered a manual,
As a doctor would a prescription,
For the girl with
Thoughts a little too out there,
And a little too weird.
As heavy blocks of
Conformity came tumbling down,
The world around her
Bled kaleidoscopic tears.
Her world finally succumbed
To the pressures of society,
And receded to a mundane
Monochrome.
Picture credits go an amazing artist, Rinni Choudhary 🙂
April 8, 2017 at 11:25 am
Loved your words…superb!
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April 8, 2017 at 12:35 pm
Thank you so much ❤
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April 8, 2017 at 12:40 pm
🙂
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