Through Grey Eyes
His vision was laced with dull
colors of grey, black, and white. The lack of joyful colors caused his steel
eyes to bore on the whiteboard. His hands were folded together, while twiddling
his thumbs.
Who is he, you ask?
Nathaniel is an average teenage boy, with average grades, average life, and an average family; however, his vision differed from his normal, boring life – you see, Nathaniel is color blinded, which is inherited from his deceased grandfather. Sadly, his parents cannot afford enough money for treatment.
Nathaniel was seated in the last seat, left corner by the window – he wouldn't want to drag too much attention, would he now? However, his mismatched clothes did in fact brought too many unwanted eyes. His wardrobe consisted of a purple baggy shirt, green pants, blue converse with red and blue shoelace, along with a blue back bag, which was almost empty.
He gazed out the window, looking at the plain grey sky. In reality, he knew what the sky looks like; his mother explained every single detail about it – a wide, blue blanket, stained with feathery like cottons – alias the clouds. At night, Nathaniel would imagine the night sky a lady with a long inky dress, adorned with diamond rings and earrings.
Looking down at the grass – also grey, somewhat darker than that of the sky. Grass, meaning green, like his pants, his father's eye color, the wallpaper of his bedroom.
As a child, Nathaniel was considered to be an outsider, also "The weird one". In kindergarten, his English teacher asked him "what color is my shirt?", and with all confidence, Nathaniel answered "Black!"
That's not right. The teacher raised a very perplexed eyebrow, then looked down at his brown shirt. He decided to ask another question regarding colors "another question, Nate," the boy nodded "what color is the sky?"
Nathaniel curled his lips in a beaming smile "Grey!"
The class broke into laughter, leaving the boy with a big question mark above his head. Nathaniel heard the teacher mutter something about 'parents', 'call', and 'colors'.
So, there he was, sitting in his own plain, dull world, colored in grey, black, and white. Boredom engulfed his life, depression grasped his mind, and loneliness broke his ties with the outer world. It didn't occur to him that something so simple as colors could differ in his simple life, but the fact that it did bothered him terribly.
Who is he, you ask?
Nathaniel is an average teenage boy, with average grades, average life, and an average family; however, his vision differed from his normal, boring life – you see, Nathaniel is color blinded, which is inherited from his deceased grandfather. Sadly, his parents cannot afford enough money for treatment.
Nathaniel was seated in the last seat, left corner by the window – he wouldn't want to drag too much attention, would he now? However, his mismatched clothes did in fact brought too many unwanted eyes. His wardrobe consisted of a purple baggy shirt, green pants, blue converse with red and blue shoelace, along with a blue back bag, which was almost empty.
He gazed out the window, looking at the plain grey sky. In reality, he knew what the sky looks like; his mother explained every single detail about it – a wide, blue blanket, stained with feathery like cottons – alias the clouds. At night, Nathaniel would imagine the night sky a lady with a long inky dress, adorned with diamond rings and earrings.
Looking down at the grass – also grey, somewhat darker than that of the sky. Grass, meaning green, like his pants, his father's eye color, the wallpaper of his bedroom.
As a child, Nathaniel was considered to be an outsider, also "The weird one". In kindergarten, his English teacher asked him "what color is my shirt?", and with all confidence, Nathaniel answered "Black!"
That's not right. The teacher raised a very perplexed eyebrow, then looked down at his brown shirt. He decided to ask another question regarding colors "another question, Nate," the boy nodded "what color is the sky?"
Nathaniel curled his lips in a beaming smile "Grey!"
The class broke into laughter, leaving the boy with a big question mark above his head. Nathaniel heard the teacher mutter something about 'parents', 'call', and 'colors'.
So, there he was, sitting in his own plain, dull world, colored in grey, black, and white. Boredom engulfed his life, depression grasped his mind, and loneliness broke his ties with the outer world. It didn't occur to him that something so simple as colors could differ in his simple life, but the fact that it did bothered him terribly.
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