Seeing In Colour

There were no vibrant shades or hues

No tones but black and white

She couldn’t see the colour

That would lighten up her life

 

She couldn’t see the rainbow

So she went and bought some paint

She started painting through the night

Wild and free without constraint

 

When the morning sun came up

The walls were no longer white

All the colours of the rainbow

Were now everywhere in sight

 

She painted every wall

Until her world was filled with colour

Each brushstroke what she needed

To help heal and to recover

 

Red, yellow, pink and green

Purple and orange and blue

You all know how the song goes

But now she can sing it too

 

Her heart was truly happy

When she looked at what she’d done

The war inside her tired mind

Was now well and truly won

 

The pot of gold was waiting

She could see it at the end

The well deserved reward

For the soul she worked to mend