Shades of Grey

There once was a girl

Who believed in the good of the world.

Who always tried her best

When no one else would.

She always smiled and felt good

But then she felt her world change.

Suddenly.

She was the world with a new light,

Filled with shades of grey.

So lifeless compared to the colors she saw

Before,

She then saw how many people were only

Shades of grey,

The color drained

As if they didn't want to even be alive.

It was almost as if a veil had been lifted,

One she just wanted thrown back on,

But she realized she couldn't go back.

Couldn't just see the bright,

happy colors.

No.

Now she would see the shades with those colors,

See the shades of grey

That people masked so well.

Looking into the mirror,

She saw her first shade of grey,

Knowing it could never be the same.

And still she tried,

But eventually,

They grey over came her too.

Leaving only a trace of the girl

Who once was...

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