He called me a chameleon once. The words fell like sweet thick honey that matched his sandy blonde hair. It fell just over his eyes. I had to duck and search to meet his gaze. He told me that I acted like a mother to one, and a daughter to another. He told me that he had yet to figure out my true colours.
I only smiled.
He studied me carefully everyday afterwards. Peering, leering,Β examining every last breath that left my lips. I chuckled, and allowed it, knowing he could spend his life dedicated to studying me yet never find the answer he was looking for. A chameleon can only blend in with what surrounds them, fire, blue skies, dark blizzards, animated companions.
A chameleon can never see the colour of its own skin, because it's too busy trying to match everyone else.