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Colors of the Soul

June 21, 2015
By chronicallymackenzie BRONZE, Gig Harbor, Washington
chronicallymackenzie BRONZE, Gig Harbor, Washington
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Favorite Quote:
"You don't get it til you get it."


Everything was a color;
But not the normal pretty kind,
This was no rainbow.
I felt as ill as a blue balloon at times,
My heart could just pop.

My emotions were soggy and damp,
Almost like the rainy deadly seastorm,
Sometimes I was numb,
But I knew,
I was just gushing out air and love,
From where it mattered.

My soul was never bright anymore,
Happiness was often confused sadness
Always the same shade of dark.
I was no longer full of helium;
Always just a deflated balloon.
 


The author's comments:

I was inspired to write this piece after feeling as if I lost everything. I still had family. I still had passions. But my friends were slowly fading away along with my happiness. There was nothing I could do. I'm constantly trapped in these four walls hooked to various machines, tubes, wires, beeping. No friend wants to see that.

My soul was being sucked away like a dementor from Harry Potter had taken ahold of me. Most people that I have read the work of write cliche pieces about sickness usually only focusing on how much they've grown and glamorize being sick. Deadly illness is horrible. It is disgusting and shouldn't be dismissed as how brave the person is. They don't want to be brave, they HAVE to be brave.


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