BY JULIE BRANDON

I’m not a black or white kind of person

I prefer shades of blues and greens

Reds and yellows

Purples and oranges

Some days I see only black or white  

When my pain is too great, or my thoughts are stuck, and I can’t be moved

And then it changes

Joy encompasses me

Buoys me up, lifts me above the anger, the sadness, the grief

Optimism returns if even for a moment

Bright enough to pull me through the dark days

Reminding me that changes can happen

It is then I see rainbows of possibilities

Of promises

Of hope

Of love