I used to see the world

Through a pair of rose-colored glasses

A shade of fuschia so bright 

That they drowned out the bad

All the evils of the world 

Washed away

By the hues of brilliant pinks

That made my life so beautiful

But one day I tripped

And the glasses fell off

And I saw the world how it was

The shades of blue and grey and black

So dark and hollow

They consumed my heart

My glasses laid broken on the ground

I tried to put them back on

But it wasn’t the same

The shards of pink had lost their glow

Their sparkle

Eventually I left them behind

And life seemed so glum

It was like that for a while

All I saw were the blues and greys and blacks

But one day

As I walked with my head down

I saw something different

The greens of a new beginning

It wasn’t the same as the pinks before

But it was just as captivating

Maybe more

In my heart, I keep that green

To remind myself that it gets better

So even in the darkest days

Consumed by the void of black eating at my soul

I have that warmth with me

And I keep moving forward