Authentic Color
In this moment,
am I free to be a delicate shade?
A mere tint or hue of a stronger color?
I accept that the answer is not black and white, or simple....
and nor am I!
Is it ok? I softly whisper.
Even in the grey…..
Is it ok?
It is important now but forever don't stay!
luminous, beautiful, radiant, strong colors feel much easier to share,
everyone admires them.
Yet they might fade or dim....
Its then courage is needed to expose the softer, subtle, muted, colors.
Yet…. all my colors DO have value….
It IS ok!
Even in the grey
It IS ok!
Blurred, blended, even messy
I free myself ....to show up as myself
I delight in the intense, bold, vibrant, and sometimes sparkling colors,
and still….. I appreciate the weathered but enduring, faint but present,
weaker but not less, delicate colors.
It is the vast array of colors that make my life more beautiful...
and I will choose to embrace them ALL!
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