Contrast

Life can seem dull

A scale of monochrome grey

Numbing the mind

Leaving us deaf and blind

Unable to see all that's there

Then there are the moments

The highest highs and the lowest lows

They shake you up

Wake you up

And for a while

You see, you hear

You feel, you live

Finding a crush

Swinging like a pendulum

Hope and despair

They love me

They love me not

Pleasure and pain

And the thrill is intoxicating

Your apartment burns

You lose your stuff

Crashing at a friend's place

No one was hurt

What does things matter

Compared to life and health?

The important things seem clear

News of a friend

Lost it for a spell

Tired of life

Tried to end it all

And that sinking feeling

Fear and dread

But when you see them next

Their being is so defined

They are so real

So precious

And thus we are reminded

By the contrast in life

What really matters

And it teaches us to feel