Colours

Crushed glass lays on the floor. Shards of bangles, sharp yet beautiful. A shiny kaleidescope of dreams, colours and opportunities.
That is what life is. A big shiny kaleidescope of what was, what is and what will be. Something you look at from far and see it as a whole in its absolute perfection. Take a moment to look closer though, each piece has its own imperfections, like each of us. Like each perfect moment in life holds its imperfections. You can overlook the imperfection of each shard and paint a beautiful, perfect picture. Or you could scrutinize each detail and destroy the beauty of the moment.
Wishful thinking. Hope that each moment is flawless like the surface of a polished diamond. And yet, that perfection will rise from imperfection. Yet, we want life to be easy. To be colourful, to be simple. Then why complicate things? Introspection helps.
"Whoever said that the rain is gloomy has never danced in the rain"
There's always a rainbow at the end of the rain. Will you wait for the breath-taking array of colours to fill your sky whilst you sit, sullen, in the downpour? Or would you rather dance in the rain, hold someone's hand and seal your forever with a kiss? I would choose the latter.
I see those bangles, wooden bangles now - orange, brown, blue, yellow, black, green, pink - colours. Gracefully hiding behind my books; and yet I see them, in their full glory, as the light up the table, a bright array of beautiful colours. Slip them slowly onto your bare hand, clunk clunk, and somehow, they're so vibrant that you feel alive.
Life, like colours, isn't always bright. But there is still some colour at every stage of life. Perspectives change, black for me, is all the colours. Black for you might be darkness. When life hits its low, everything seems dark - black. A pessimist would see it as an endless pit of despair and no escape. I see it as black too - but because black is an amalgam of all colours and life can head into a myriad different directions. It's only a matter of choice. It's how you decide to see things.
Yes, I might sound like an indefatigable optimist at times but I'd rather see life in techno with a multitude of colours, sparkle and shine rather than in a claustrophobic reel of black and white tape.