True Colors

I walked into the jaws of the lion
 She stalked under the belt of Orion
 We caught and disemboweled our disembodied prey
 She shot like a bottle rocket into the fray
 I crawled into the mouth of the river
 She called, her silver voices made me shiver
 We spoke, I posed, she painted my reflection
 I awoke without the faintest recollection
 Wherever you are, you'll never get where you're going
 If you're wound so tight
 Forget the duality of wrong and right
 Wherever you are, you'll never get out alive
 If you got no light
 You can't see your true colors in black and white
 I fell into the arms of my father
 He knelt to kiss the shadow of his daughter
 I heard she, having taken quite a beating
 Found words true enough to bear repeating