Achromatopsia. A condition in which a person is totally color blind.
Achromatopsia, a condition in which a person can only perceive the colors black and white and
shades of gray.
I was born fine. Can perceive colors perfectly and have been in love with colors as a kid. I was
in love then, but it might be with naivety.
I drew a red then, but for a moment, when I felt like the time has stopped, when everything I
hear is a muffled sound, when breathing became a chore, for a moment, everything around me
turned gray.
I tried coloring the world, with splashes of red and yellow, with a little bit of green and blue, with
a streak of purple and orange, but each time a sob rips out of my mouth, everything would turn
back to gray.
I might have been desperate once, to seek the comfort of alcohol and tempted for a smoke, it
could have been worse but what a beautiful mess that could have been, to drag and blow a
smoke that could potentially suffocate the dread that follows me from time to time.
I hated the dullness then, of how cold everything feels, of how lonely the world has been.
I tried coloring the world once, but sometimes, gray is enough.
I tried shutting every color then, to color everything black, but one day, gray becomes tolerable.
Gray was more than enough.
