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True Colors

Turn on the music and listen to my story.

     You with the sad eyes

     Don't be discouraged

     Oh I realize

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     It's hard to take courage

     In a world full of people

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     You can lose sight of it all

     And the darkness inside you

     Can make you feel so small

I look back over the years with pain in my heart. I'm still young, and I've suffered so much. Why did this happen to me? Why couldn't I have been allowed a normal life?

If only I had a second chance. There was a time of pure bliss. I want to go there and live it over again... Escape into the memories of a child so naive.

She was in 7th grade, with blue eyes and shiny black hair and natural curls. Her smile could blind the cutest boy across the cafeteria as she laughed with her friends.

She had found her first love in a red-headed boy named Jay. They were just babes. He made her a card in Art class, inviting her to the first school dance. He was on cloud nine when she wrote back, "Yes!!!!!"

They were nervous. Neither had ever danced before. Their hands were sweaty as they began to shift their feet. It was "True Love 4-Ever!" They were one as the music played.

 

     But I see your true colors

     Shining through

     I see your true colors

     And that's why I love you

     So don't be afraid to let them show

     Your true colors

     True colors are beautiful,

     Like a rainbow

 A year later, tragedy hit, and that sweet child ceased to exist. In her new, ghastly form, she never forgot that moment. For better or worse, it stayed with her like a taunting ghost. She yearned for it, but knew she could never go back.

 

     Show me a smile then,

     Don't be unhappy, can't remember

     When I last saw you laughing

     If this world makes you crazy

     And you've taken all you can bear

     You call me up

     Because you know I'll be there

 That past is gone, but the future awaits, I've learned I'm not alone. My world is dark and silent and sometimes very small. But there is still beauty. The rainbow continues to shine somewhere deep inside.

Today, I turned on the music. I heard it, not through memories, but with hearing bestowed to me by the powers of technology. As I listened, tears fell from my blue eyes. It suddenly became clear. That little girl isn't gone. She just took a detour, which is what life is all about.

 

     And I'll see your true colors

     Shining through

     I see your true colors

     And that's why I love you

     So don't be afraid to let them show

     Your true colors

     True colors are beautiful,

     Like a rainbow

 

 "True Colors"

Lyrics by Cyndi Lauper

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