(A/N: ok...in order to understand this, a bit about my school. the colours are green, black and white but my sch uniform is a dark blue pinafore...and year 4s, the 16-year olds, are the oldest in the secondary school...yep yep...)

Colours

Green black white

the school pride

colours adorn the wall

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At 13, they seemed so bright

So full of might

And seemingly magical

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At 14, they dull and fade

To the background

As perceptions are broken and made

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At 15, they matter no longer

There was no more hunger

Or precocious wonderment

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Green was jaded

Black to grey faded

White tarnished and yellowed

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But at 16, sweet sixteen, the penultimate year

Of jade-grey-yellow

And uncomfortable dark blue

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Experience and time

turn the faded shades

vibrant green-black-white

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Leaving you with bittersweet memories

of faded darkness

and blissful lights

-Kira-Reen

03/03/06