If I was really brave
I would do all the things
that I really want to do
and build my life with colours
that are my personal truths,
and tell all those dark ones
that cast their shadows of doubt
to shove it where the sun don’t shine
for I want to live my life sparkling
in the honesty of light.
But I am not that brave,
and so the colours
that might be found in truth,
in the brilliance of light’s gaze,
are instead somewhat grey,
somewhere between dark and light.
12/4/2017