Shades

When I sift through life’s chapters,

I am amazed!

What I had thought to be rainbow colors,

Have all somehow hazed.

Somehow the brightness of my happy times

Have mingled with my life’s gloom.

Now that reality has started to bloom,

Do dreams ever come true-I wonder sometimes!

I keep on watching as the colors merge

And all the gloom join together

I feel my emotions ignite

And my happiness and gloom change to black and white

Then I feel them mix forever

And only shades of gray emerge.