avolk_03

I received you at some summer camp
Only so everyone could tell which group I belonged to
They called you "gold"
But I knew the truth
What's with people making boring stuff seem special?
I wasn't so easily swayed by such idiocy
I never wore you
Thought you were ugly
I even laughed at those who did wear you
I thought,
Those kids were too young to see how foolish you looked
I envied the other bandanas
Black, white, blue, red
I thought,
Those are colors to wear with pride!
Not yellow.
Not "gold".
But then I wore you
Underneath my yellow lifejacket
And I thought,
It's not so bad