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I change for you.

Did you know that?


It's not a choice
        
        or a strategy.


It's instinct.


        A natural shift.


A redirect in programming.


One that alters my color

        to fit your palette.


Why do I do it?


To make your life easier.


To add to what you already have.


To enhance it

        if I'm able.

                And willing.



I'm always willing.



Am I too willing?



It happens like seasons.

        
        Rapidly turning seasons.


Or weather.

        
        Curated weather

                for your atmosphere.



You're welcome!



I didn't always know 

what it was,

        but I could feel it

                happening.


Upon entering a space

        it would grip me.


A need to change.


To morph into a shape

        not altogether different 

from my original,

        but unique.


A shade of myself.


A fragment of fiction

        embedded in the truth.


Because few can handle 

        the full truth.


All of my colo…

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