Color

Colors

She sat looking out into a world full of color

Thinking to herself what a beautiful sight it was

It spoke of the ebb and flow of diversity 

But at times the color would change

This change caused her great unease

Enjoying the colors yet fearing them all the same

The new colors in her spectrum were changing 

They were no longer vibrant, they were muggy, swampy - red

As people moved back and forth in their daily routines

She realized that she was one of the few that could see

She felt deep in her heart, a strange worry, and that feeling only grew

It was a worry that she had only read about

A bitter worry, yearning to be able to do something

yet not being able to do anything.

Thinking of how to make the color change from red

People  kept telling her to stop talking about the problem

“The problems cannot envelop your life”, they cheerfully said

“Look at the otter on the screen and be happy instead”

The color slowly fading

The drug of being lethargic only grew with the people who saw no color

They never saw the warning signs

They pushed us into the gates

They locked us all in

And all of a sudden they all started to see the colors

that they so fervently tried to negate

By: Mona Banawan