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What color do I feel like today

by Larry Cramer

What color do I feel like today, in terms of mood?
Today I am in a mood. My coloring is blurry.
I am anxious and upset. Is that red, gray or just dark?
I feel like my life is going off the rails. Is that a color coded thought?
Louise just got here; I think that is a bright color event, perhaps life enhancing
yellowish green with a pink embellishment as offset.
My mood is hard to quantify.
I am red with anger and white with fear.
I am blue with honesty and learning that honesty doesn't always carry the day.
I am black and blue with the beating I have taken over the last 6 months,
and I'm gray and fading; with fear for how the short term future will
shake out.
My life is not quite a rainbow although I'll be the first
to admit I don't always see all sides of things and what is dark and
black and brown and hard on one side can be light and vibrant in reds,
yellows, rich blues and greens on another side.
Do most of us see balanced hues?

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