I feel colours

I feel colours the way people hear sound

The vibrations and resonation

Deep, soulful, profound

I feel blue the way people hear the ocean

The rhythmic waves along a shoreline

Constant, fearless, open

I feel red the way people hear a fire

The lick of flames that know no master

Rage, hunger, desire

I feel green the way people hear a breeze

The brush of life on goose-bumped skin

Promise, change, unease

I feel grey the way people hear a rainstorm

The world a whisper in unlit skies

Moody, cleansing, warm

I feel yellow the way people hear a bee

The buzz of purpose in an urban land

Intent, happy, free

I feel colours the way people hear me

The dissonance of my diversity

Bold, unique, off-key

— J.L.Nicholls