Forbidden Colour

There’s a colour we can’t see,

Right between red and green.

Existing somewhere in theory,

They say it’s not meant for you and me.

I feel it there thinking back,

The colour I shouldn’t know.

Written in naïve memories,

A proud and innocent glow.

Time trudges on and dips us,

Khaki brown and concrete grey.

We play a part of mundane fit,

And that colour fades away.

Yet tides of hope swell inside,

When thoughts turn to night skies.

A universe that can’t be seen,

Somewhere between red and green.

Forbidden colour in my gut,

Like a rainbow dancing through the dust.