Colours I've Been

Colours I've Been

The world is white

when I am one

A blinding light

A life begun

The world is green

when I am three

A bud to leaf

a leaf to tree

The world is yellow

when I am eight

A bumblebee

No time to wait

The world is red

when I’m thirteen

A dare, first love

A beating dream

The world is black

when I’m eighteen

Power, strength

New cool, new scene

The world is purple

I’m twenty two

Adored, a prince

The royal you

The world is pink

I’m twenty three

Cherry blossom

Proud to be

The world is orange

I’m Thirty three

Horizons spread

in front of me

The world is blue

I’m forty four

A lapping wave

on a gentler shore

The world’s a wheel

I’m forty nine

A rainbow life

that I’ve made mine

A prism split

I’m young, I’m old

I’m past, I’m present

I’m green, I’m gold

The world awaits

a me unseen

Colours I am

Colours I’ve been