The gray light of the morning

The blue-green of the sea

A leaf splashed with color

Falling from a tree

The sparkle in a diamond

The fire of the sun

They all seemed much brighter

Am I the only one?

To see them

Slowly slip away

Something changes

A little day by day

Gazing at a rainbow, a brilliant vast array

Staggered by it's beauty, saddened by it's modest stay

Taken all for granted or innocence betrayed

A lesson in mortality, eventually every color fades

The blush of a woman

The warmth of a touch

The novelty of love

Feelings within my clutch

I try to savor

But it doesn't taste the same

Senses numbed and jaded

A little day by day

Gazing at a rainbow, a brilliant vast array

Staggered by it's beauty, saddened by it's modest stay

Taken all for granted or innocence betrayed

A lesson in mortality, eventually every color fades away

Slowly but surely

As if it were the setting sun

A child comes of age, gains life experience

Time gathers innocence and trades it in for wisdom

Like walkin' through the snow

Its purity is stained

Like a shootin' star across the sky

Never meant to remain

Gazing at a rainbow, a brilliant vast array

Staggered by it's beauty, saddened by it's modest stay

Taken all for granted or innocence betrayed

A lesson in mortality, eventually every color fades

Colors fade

Colors fade

Every color fades