Darkness Comes in Many Colors

[couchgrouch]

Darkness Comes in Many ColorsSaw a gold watch in the General Storelike the one Daddy said he worestanding guard as a young Navy manI pictured that timepiece on his wristlooked around and couldn't resistslipping it in my baggy pantswhen they caught me red-handedI thought I get whupped black n bluebut I told Dad about that bright watchand he said, "this much is truedarkness comes in many colorssometimes silver and goldoften what shines just makes us blindand our eyes betray our soulcos wrong and right may be black and whitebut darkness comes in many colors"as I grew up many things tempted meand ev'ry glossy one I could seeleft glitter in the corner of my eyesshort black dresses and copper tanstried to outshine my wedding bandbut I always saw through their disguisecos when I'm green with envyor rage has me seein' redI close my eyes and hearDad when he said"darkness comes in many colorssometimes silver and goldoften what shines just makes us blindand our eyes betray our soulthe righteous way is never greybut darkness comes in many colors"now when I feel the pain of Dad dyin' last yearpicturing his calm eyes dries my sad tearsfor in the fading of his final lighthe saw golden days across that dividecos darkness comes in many colorsdarkness comes in many colors(c)2006 Robert George