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Brilliant, Beautiful, Sometimes Scary
I lived my life in black and white
And many shades of grey
An existence of tepid austerity
No soaring highs
No crushing lows
Its utter banality
Simmering just beneath the surface
Covered only by a thin layer
of safety in mediocrity.
You came into my life
A whirlwind of a thousand colours
In an instant, everything changed.
So vivid
So bright
It intoxicated and terrified me.
My eyes burned from the heat
And my heart raced.
The tears of being overcome
Dried as I took it in
Slowly absorbing life’s new promise
Passionate highs
Warm comfort
A world of boundless possibilities
That starts in your eyes
And bears fruit in your arms.
Yet as our nights creep slowly
Toward the overtaking of our days
A tiny corner of my heart tastes fear
Fleeting,
Irrational,
But…
