Indulge in Color - Redemption

I thought this strand was ours

That one day we would meet along its shore

That future is foreclosed

Denied me like a thousand more

It’s over, the dream is gone

Out of reach for me after all

Preserved in perfect pain

They must have changed the way the game is played

Or I never knew the rules

I could see the prize within my grasp

And watched it slip away from view

I could try to second-guess myself

Or learn what kept me from the goal

Unless I see the point was not to have

The point was just to grow

Was just to grow!

What if there’s no purpose served by blame

By me or someone else?

If I fear a world in black and white

I misunderstood the cause

The problem is the lens

The issue is perspective

(Perspective)

Perspective!

And what if there’s no purpose served by blame

Of me or someone else?

No more blackened window panes

I choose life in color

No excuses, unafraid

I will live in color

I face the light of day anew

Full of possibility

I can choose to change my view

I will live in color

No more need for blame

I will own my choices

I will light the flame

And I will live in color

I can try to take the world

And bend it to my will

But that’s only a partial answer

There’s beauty in the ebb and flow

Grace in our missteps

If we see with open eyes

Realize there’s no purpose

To be served by blame

Let it go and open wide your eyes

Lean into the ebb and flow

Embrace it when you fall

To rise again

A fuller spectrum lights the day

Strengthens it with color

Riches of a better way

Living life in color

I face the light of day anew

Full of possibility

I can choose to change my view

I will live in color

No more need for blame

I will own my choices

I will light the flame

And I will live in color

Unconfined by darkness

Unlimited by black and white

A world illuminated

I will see the color

In one life or many

Each moment is a masterpiece

I select the view

And I will live in color

Color!

I will live in color!

Color!