Colours of light combine
to make white.
A lack of light
produces black.
The rainbow that is Truth
requires a prism,
a multifaceted lens
comprised of
love and honesty
humility and pride.
I am all colours -
empty and still containing all things,
black and white, empty space and blank page.
Mix the brown of my freckles and the red of my blood,
the blue of my eyes and the calico of my hair.
Empty and waiting to be filled,
black and white, empty space and blank page.
Take your prism and
see me.
What you see is what you will see.
What I see is not what you see.
The red and blue,
the orange, the yellows,
the green, the purples,
that form the glorious rainbow of you
keep you from seeing
me.
Close your eyes.
See the warmth of my heart.
See the cool of my thoughts.
See all the colours of me
in my words and my deeds
my hopes and my fears.
I am a rainbow -
a promise of better things
seen through a prism of love and honesty
humility and pride.
You are too.
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