She Didn't Color Daddy
A Daughter's Crayon Tale: Love Beyond Colors
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I'm with my little girl, the only friend left in the world
I am spending time with my daughter, who is my only remaining friend.
So I gave her a book to color on
I gave her a coloring book to keep her occupied.
Just to pass the time away
She is coloring in the book to pass the time, especially on this long and lonely day.
This had been her longest day
This day has been particularly difficult for her.
Everything so lonely with him gone
Everything feels lonely now that he is no longer present.
I laugh when I first look at the pictures in her book
I laugh when I see the pictures she has colored in the book.
The way she colored everything so wrong
Her coloring is incorrect, and it brings a moment of amusement.
But then a tear came over me as I realized that she
A tear comes over me as I realize she expresses her feelings through the colors.
Had other things as she felt they belong
She has other emotions that she conveys through the coloring.
She colored mummy blue with brown eyes, crying
She colored her mother as sad (blue) with brown eyes and crying.
She made our home as great as the dawn
She made our home seem as great as the dawn.
She made the sun as black as night
She portrayed the sun as black as night, symbolizing lifelessness.
As if to say it have no life
The sun is depicted as having no life.
But she didn't color daddy 'cause he's gone
She didn't color her father in the book because he is no longer present.
Oh yes, I'm so blue and I've been crying
The narrator expresses sadness and tears.
And our home is as great as the dawn
Despite the sorrow, the home is depicted as great as the dawn.
And the sun, it gives no light
The sun is portrayed as giving no light, suggesting darkness and despair.
Everyday is like the night
Everyday feels like the night, emphasizing the persistent darkness.
But she didn't color daddy 'cause he's gone
She didn't color her father in the book because he is absent.
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