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color or colour?

or both? neither?

By sydney johnsonPublished 5 years ago 1 min read

why is it that some choose

to use

color

and others choose

to use

colour?

does this additional “u”

also confuse you?

i already

become quite unsteady

upon reflection

of the complexion

that exists within the perception

of Colors.

(or colours???)

for example, consider the ocean:

which you, may perceive as blue

but i, may see a different hue

this is strange, but true.

so now

i am having a cow

because “colo(u)rs”, as a word

and the colo(u)rs, within the world

in their meaning, vibration, remain the same

but play a different game

depending on your Name.

yes, i guess,

i did just suggest

that our identity

informs our perception of reality.

hm. so, which will it be?

color or colour?

the red swiggly lines underneath

colour imply

it’s wrong, according to Word at least

but this should not cease

you from choosing colour nonetheless

for only you know You best.

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About the Creator

sydney johnson

embody

that which "be"

that which connects you and me

that which transforms "I" into "we"

that which recognizes within physical materiality

there exists spirtiuality

for without the latter, the former has no vitality.

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