She Was the Color, I Was the Black and White Scale

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She was the color, vibrant and wild,
A thousand shades in every smile.
Laughter like sunlight, bright and free,
Painting the world with clarity.

I was the grayscale, soft and plain,
A muted story, dark with rain.
The quiet shade in a world of sound,
Content to linger, to blend, to ground.

She moved through life like brushstrokes bold,
With reds and blues, with green and gold.
A masterpiece in every glance,
While I stayed steady, without a dance.

But in her presence, hues would bleed
Into the shadows, into the need—
She lit the parts I thought were lost,
Brought warmth to places bound by frost.

Together we made a fractured scene,
Contrast sharp, yet oddly serene.
Her colors spilled into my shade,
And I found light in the blend she made.

So here we are, a strange display—
A splash of life, a touch of gray.
She was the color, fierce and bright,
And I was the black and white.

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