- EMPWR Contributor
Colours
"You showed me your true colours, but I pretended I couldn’t see."
By Jessica Viola

I painted a more flattering
Portrait of you
Because I never really saw
You at face value
You showed me your true colours
But I pretended I couldn’t see
And eventually became colourblind
To all of your insanity
Red flags waved
More than 4th of July parades
And even though I noticed them
Somehow I still stayed
And when times felt blue
I tried to fix your broken parts
But you can’t help someone
Who isn’t willing to restart
When things were mellow
And yellow and light
Your dark demons dragged me down
And still I would never plight
You fumed green when it ended
Envy coursing through your veins
My portrait stayed intact
Still pristine it remained
Violence turned to violet
You tried to bruise me with your words
I concealed all the damage
And told myself it could be worse
It was never black and white
Somehow I only knew you as shaded
You had always shown yourself to me
I choose to see that the saturation was faded
But that portrait was distorted
Only a former perception of you
And now that I see it so vividly
You’ll always be those colours through and through
