This Poem was Submitted By: Donna E. Friedrichs On Date: 2000-04-30 02:29:12 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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The Truth About Crayons . . .

With broken, worn out crayons you have colored my picture,  giving me an unraveled look, wild eyes and no smile. You didn't mean to be unkind; you just saw me from a different view. Yet, having only drab colors within your box your pictures can't help but turn out sad and forlorn. I do not have ragged hair of gray, eyes and lips scratched over in brown and black. I hand you this new box of all the basic colors, as a gift from me to you. You may mix these to create every hue and tone that ever existed. Now. . . . Take a deep,  close look . . . at who I really am. See my starlit hair,  raspberry lips, peach colored skin,   violet-blue eyes, shaded by lashes rich as chocolate. Do you recognize me now . . .? Your enlightenment; Your hope; Your joy; Your compassion; Your understanding; Your true desire; With what I have   given you,  go . . . color the whole world, knowing these pictures  will be true to life, as well  as true in spirit. ©   1:18 AM  4/30/2000     Donna Friedrichs ~¿ô

Copyright © April 2000 Donna E. Friedrichs


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