Kaleidoscope View

In this life, you must walk in one line and choose left or right.

As a young child growing up in a world where you must fit into one mold

You cannot deviate or step out of the line or order, so we have been told.

Thus, I believed that if I could fit into one side then I would be alright.

As I began my youth with a heart full of excitement and empty of dread,

I saw the world around me full of excitement, passion, and love, like the color red.

Like a rose sprouting and blooming with life.

I eagerly wanted to show the world who I was and all I could do, and to say this is me.

However, change came like thorns piercing my perspective

I realized the world’s intensity, destruction, anger, and hate

Entangled me within its influence to give in to its ivy temptation

No longer, did I feel the fiery passion of love

But evil’s scorching touch

which soon caused the bonds that connected me to the world, to shift.

I felt that I must have done something wrong.

To go with the flow and follow along,

I chose another color that I believed to be more noble and true

to fit into the mold that the world chose for us to be.

The color I chose to belong to is blue.

Believing this time, I found the color that best inspired me.

As time passed things seemed to be fine

And I was able to follow orders and stay within line.

I discovered my inner strength and sense of independence

But something deep inside was telling me to push against this tide.

I felt trapped, suffocated and isolated.

I began to long for the connections that gave life a reason.

The world began to feel cold, alone, and distant

And I began to think, is this what is fated?

Thus, I made one final decision,

A choice to continue to stay and follow their rules,

Or follow what is engraved deep within me, my morals?

Alas, why give into the illusion that the world has cast on us?

We are not just one person, one mind, one thought.

We are a world, a fusion of colors and hues.

Unified, dignified, and justified

Now I know once and for all a color that I can truly see.

One that calls to me,

And brings my world into full circle

Is the color Purple.

For I am not one or the other, but a balance.

No longer am I the fiery passion of red or the cold and distant blue hue,

But a blend of creativity, insight, and truth

Decisively, I know where I fit in this vast spectrum of colorful brilliance.

Now I can march into this world and say proud and free

I lead with me, in unity, with others.