The world seems so…

Bland now.

Monochrome and beige

They dominate the chromosphere.

What happened to the blooming blues?

The vibrant violets?

The perky pinks?

Original oranges?

Tasteful teals?

Great greens?

Youthful yellows?

Rambunctious reds?

Even boundary-breaking blacks?

It feels as though they’ve been…

Desaturated,

Stripped,

Muddled.

The world outside is absolutely 

Blooming with color,

So why are we inhabitants… running… from it?

I miss the colorful days

When halls were rainbows

When it felt like color-coded self-expression wasn’t so…

Shamed

Looked-down-on.

Missing the ability to feel so much less…

Outlandish.

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featured image graphic by EMILY STEPHENS