prescription: colour

everyday is a gift
depending on the tint of your sunglasses
so i put on my rose colour
and an otherwise grey day fades to red

so i thank the grey and the glasses
and the whitman poem i read earlier
and a song that always makes me feel good
for sheltering me from an otherwise dreary outlook

and when i get down to it
really really down to it
everything is a gift
and i had the doctor tint my retinas