Chaos Equals Beauty

1 Red.
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2 Blue 
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3 Yellow
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I count the colors around the room trying to find a distraction from all the chaos surrounding me 
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4 Purple 
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5 Green 
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6 Orange 
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Then when you walked in the room and I went from counting colors in the room to counting how many times you smiled 
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7
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Suddenly the chaos didn't seem so chaotic 
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8 
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I started to enjoy the chaos because when someone said something you liked... you smiled again 
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Now when I'm with you the chaos turns to beauty 
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10 

 
    M

    Maxwell

    VT

    YWP Alumni

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