The town stood there
Gloomy, dull, and colorless
Such a terrible sight to see
As dark as the night sky
It seemed day never showed its face
I lacked a town to work for
Since everywhere I went exploded with color
No one needed me and I felt gloomy
I needed to belong somewhere
This was the perfect place
To let my brush cover the buildings
In bright colors to please all
So I walked into this needy town
Ignored all the sad faces
As I got to work
Then my story began
It was near the end of spring time
When I first began my project
Working hard to make this town shine
With my oh so divine colors
The people dragged their feet around
Their expressions were ones of sadness or boredom
I ignored it so it did not bring me down
Continuing on with my work as I wished
House after house got finished
After I finished the most important buildings first
It took a while and quite a deal of my time
Many buckets of paint were lost
To this dear project
I was attempting to save a town
Trying to bring back the happiness they lacked
With my colors
My greens as bright as the grass
My purples like the sunset
My oranges looked like a fox
My yellow imitated the sun
My red like a flower
I cannot remember just now
For I am a painter not a planter
My blues stayed away
For the people were already blue
They did not need another reason to feel it
As each building was finished
The resident would start smiling
But it did not impact the others
They were in their own world
Which is why
The whole town looked so bad
Trash filled the streets
No one ever cleaned
The houses were all so dingy
But I worked my hardest
To make the town brighter
Since I saw how the color changed them
My thoughts were correct
Each house looked marvelous
When I was done
The people smiled
Like no one ever had smiled before
And they had not in this place before
The town started growing
More people coming
Because it had always been nice enough
But without color
It went to a dark place
No one really wanted to explore
Now it was brighter
Now it was greater than ever before
The people all thanked me
But I stayed busy
Due to more residents coming
And building more houses
I now had a home
A place I belonged
And they all had happiness
Now that is where my story ends
