A Collage of the Horizon

On the horizon is nothing,

But change. 

And this is a nothing

That encapsulates

Everything.

Looking to the future,

The sunsets are a cold

green and blue and purple 

Instead of a fiery

Orange, red, golden, and pink

The feeling of comfort

Is replaced with a distinct unknown

While excitement

Is being blended with 

Nervousness.

It’s like looking at a filter

Where everything is upside down,

Colors are distorted

And you can make yourself out

But you aren’t yourself

Because your normal palette of colors

Has been switched with others.

And soon enough, all the colors will blend

Blend, blend, blend.

Until the colors aren’t colors

It’s all just one large mush.

And then instead of being

A colorful person

You are just a large brown mush

Or maybe, they will just swirl.

The new school colors

Won’t replace the old.

The new hobbies won’t

Contrast too much.

New friends won’t

Pencil out the old.

But there is only so much room 

On a piece of paper

Only so much room

For a sunset to shine

Only so much room

For newness to not take over the old

But maybe instead

The canvas will be double sided

Maybe it will be 3D

Maybe it will have six sides

Like a cube.

There is enough room on

Six sides for me to fit everything. 

I can add all the colors, and 

Make a collage of

Everything

New life mixed with old

Mixed with the newer life that

Never stops coming.

And the layers will show strength

But pictures will come back

And words will stay constant

And all the colors can exist in unity

And the horizon isn’t so mainstream

Its not a simple sunset

But a collage of 

What’s to come

However scary it might be

That you mess up the collage

You can always paint over,

Draw over, tape or glue over.

But the mistakes sometimes make it

Beautiful.

The horizon is a beautiful

Messed up, uncertain,

Contrasting and complementary

At the same time

Collage.

You’ll never lose some of you.

The newness might be on top

But you’ll definitely shine though.

Maybe it will complement

Maybe it will contrast

But it will be beautiful

Because it’s you.