Taken by Surprise By the Little Things

by Nicole M. - Gemini

Have you ever had your world turn to grey?
No red yellow blues
Just hues of black and white
What thought made you happy
And always would
Didn't live up to all you put it on
Instead of the Cookie Monster
It was the color monster
That ate everything out of me
except...
The biggest joys in my life
I found to be hollow and I had let myself down
By building it up
Little did I know
My world had only been painted with watercolors
And now I'm at the end of a thunderstorm
But the smell
The smell, undescribable 
The word unique doesn't do it justice
And no poet ever could
The smell of rain, gave me back light blue...
With my blister baring shoes off
I make it up to my toes and aching feet
And walk in the spring grass
Cool and soft, in a plant way
I look down and see a field of honest green
The joy in my feet and the renewal from my eyes
Meet half way
On the inside
And the warmth from the sunset ahead
It starts getting back
What all the black hues 
That crook
Stole from me
And now I've found true happiness
In all these little things.
Birth sign: Gemini
Date created: 2001-04-04 20:11:54
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:43:59
Poem ID: 61636

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