The Issue of Color
from the perspective of a rainbow
Rainbows aren't asked their ethnicity
Nor where they're from
But where bodies are covered in skin
We are counted by color
Distinction separates and divides,
All differences counted by the human eye
I am both
The full spectrum of color,
entangled
and the complete lack of it,
the void
What place exists in between?
In the sky we admire the overlapping of colors
But here on the ground,
Where color is scattered
With so many shades,
We draw lines in between
Purity and absence,
Phenomenon and totality,
Those are the description of the colors that define me,
And yet,
they are not true colors at all
I am "black" and I am "white"
And because of this I add no label to myself or to others,
Opposite sides of the spectrum force me to see
No "color"
Why do we label by the colors that either
Burn or darken in the sun?
Why must we say:
He is white,
They are black,
Or it is because of brown,
Or she
She is both
Therefore only half,
Dividing me into two
Separated worlds,
Setting opposition within my soul
Why do humans not see how nature shows us a different way
Within the six seamless colors of a rainbow
Vibrating in harmony?
- Jade Laurel
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