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What is color?

By Jedediah Jenk

By Jedediah JenkPublished 5 years ago 2 min read

What is color you ask? Child, if I may ...

It's that twinkle in your eyes, the glimmer in the sea ,

The bursting of the sun forth each day, that bright mystery!

It's the heavenly rays from behind clouds and that bright smiling on high,

Natures' very essence and even the sky!

It's magic, you see, and it's all around.

Look up, look down! What magic have *you* found?

What is color, you ask? My Lover dear,

It's the warmth in your eyes when we kiss, by the fires alit.

All the color in the world wouldn't be enough to describe

This warmth that I feel, the magic I see, you by my side.

You outshine the brights and cast off the darkest nights.

That magnificent moonbeam that shines onto your eyes

by the cradle of the soothing water and the fireflies,

The beating heart that I hear with you near,

I see it! It is my favorite color, my dear.

What is color you ask? Professor, if I may,

One as well may ask how does each electron sway?

As if in a tightrope the dance of stars below,

That mirror from heavens above resides in us all, don't you know?

What is color you ask? Well, my musical bro,

It's vibration in all direction, all frequencies: fast and slow!

Rotating and swaying with such a curiosity,

It's like a giant orchestral concert, I mean seriously!

What is color you ask? Oh Mother's curiosity,

It's like one gigantic tapestry.

Each little woven thread, needled to seam,

We're all part of one big dream!

We're all part of something bigger – you and me!

If only just you would pause to see the magic that's all around

You and me. Pick up the needle and see.

What is color you ask? Well dreamer, what a question,

It's like this magical magnet that draws forth with each suggestion

It says - never stop living and reaching for

That which pulls you closer to the celestial door.

The stars and the heavens sing with their light

into your heart day and each night.

What is color? Oh mystic can't you see?

You should know better than anybody.

Reach deep within and meditate, the peace of the day.

One with magic and love that internal sway,

On higher vibrations rising like a dove

From the sea, be one with that mystery.

Color: it's like the song of the eyes,

With each sunrise, there's a new surprise,

When you look to see color as the mystics do...

Now, just take look inside of you.

Internalization, the expression of the stars

Through the retina these vibrations from afar

Those wondrous sensations, the celestial vibrations -

Therein what do you see? Did you find color, or that which be?

What is color? Well, if you ask Me...

It's pure magic, as far as the eye can see!

Infinite possibility. Every shade is only a degree.

We're all one big painting of magic and mystery.

That's what you get if you ask me about color, see...

But it's really, the mystery is for you to decide...

What is color? Who are You inside?

inspirational

About the Creator

Jedediah Jenk

Creative: Actor, Director, Writer and Music Composer

IMDB.me/jedediahjenk

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