This is actually a poem for humanities class but I thought it would be fun to have y'all's input anyways. Thanks!
Iris
and the Raven
There once was a girl named Iris who thought that she
was like all the rest
But once as she went out to play she realized that it
was all a jest
The other children would all cry out, “Look! Today the
sky is so blue!”
But ask about things such as colors, and young Iris,
she had not a clue
So, tired of not understanding, Iris went on a journey
to find
A way to change her black and white mind
Setting off on her journey, she was so full of hope
But soon Iris realized that she might as well consult
a bar of soap
She asked for advice from her family, she asked all
her friends
She went to the most unusual ends
But still, no one knew how to see all in color
And, what is more, they didn’t believe her world truly
was duller
So alone went young Iris, away from her home
Wishing she did not have to be alone
With no real thought as to where as to where she was
going
She walked into the woods, her pace never slowing
Wandering along without paying much attention Iris
soon found herself stuck in a bog
Too far for anyone to hear her calls, except perhaps a
passing frog
Iris did not have to wait long, though it felt like
many years
Until along came a raven and dried all her tears.
The raven pulled her out of the bog and flew high
above the forest’s canopy
When Iris opened her eyes and looked around she gasped
at what she could see
Silhouetted by the setting sun, there stood a
mountain, cold and grey
Standing there, taunting Iris, it filled her heart up
with dismay
With no explanation Iris knew she had to reach the top
And with that, her optimism came to a stop
But, as the raven then lowered her back to the ground
Iris regained a new hope that her dream could be found
After setting her down the raven turned into a
butterfly
Neither Iris nor the creature could seem to figure out
why
Together they persisted, delighted to be no longer
alone
Even with the wind chilling them straight to the bone
Iris and the butterfly made it out of the forest, but
instead of stepping out into the light of the sun
They stood in the shadow of the mountain, and realized
their journey had just begun
With the butterfly flitting around her, Iris began to
climb
Hoping in vain that she would finish before the nighttime
Just as she was starting it began to rain
And Iris began to feel that her efforts were in vain
But she struggled and she fought, until lo and behold
She reached the top of the mountain and to her sanity
she grabbed hold
Iris stood atop the cliff, waiting to see everything
anew
But when she looked above her the sky still wasn’t
blue
Iris collapsed on the earth, filled with despair
The sounds of her sobs carried off into the air
Finally, exhausted, Iris looked back towards home
To fully understand the pointlessness of how far she
had come
But to her surprise, instead of a dull mass of trees
Iris saw something her eyes just couldn’t believe
Nearly stumbling off the mountain in her surprise Iris
saw the path she had come by
Her steps looked different than anything she’d ever
seen, the wonder of it made her cry
Her vision blurred and she noticed that the sky had
cleared from all the rain
Daring her eyes to deceive her, Iris looked up again
Completely breathless Iris saw above her the most
beautiful, unexplainable thing
She looked around and saw this had happened to
everything
Realizing now what was happening all around her
Iris finally dared to call what she now saw “color”
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