<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 22px;">True Colors</span><div style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">As trees prepare for winter</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> fall colors pour</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> into my eyes</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Lush true colors</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> long hidden under green</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> call to my soul</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Soft voices of colors</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> blown on the wind say</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> “Remember me, I’ll soon be gone.”</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">As I approach my own certain winter</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> what colors long hidden</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> will I reveal</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Can I be like the leaves</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> radiantly shine for a time</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> then quietly fall away</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Why not</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Doug von Koss</span></div></div></body></html>