I wasn’t sure what to write today, so I decided to check out the dVerse Poets Pub writing prompt for today. The Saturday prompt has led me to a few good poems in the past, so I thought I’d give it a try again.
The prompt today is to write a poem that has something to do with color, to Play with Color. One part of Victoria’s post caught my attention: “Color depends on light, because it is made of light. In the absence of light, we do not see color.”
Outside the Darkness Is Color
Living in darkness
no color I see
a hint of deep blue
maybe red
but no, only blackness
Tears flood the darkness
trying to wash away
the blackness
to reveal the color
I know must be near
I’ve heard stories
of vibrant yellow sunshine
smiling green trees
happiness in rainbows
streaming across
a pale blue sky
But in the darkness
these colors
are but myths
draped in blackness
obscured by
the pain I feel
Then suddenly
the Light comes
dim colors
revealed to my eyes
for my heart to see
The Light
drawn by my tears
came to wash away
the blackness
tears alone
could never heal
The colors of
my world brighten
day by day
as the Light illuminates
the truth of colors
that were always
just outside the darkness
“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,
the way to the sea, along the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles—
the people living in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death
a light has dawned.”
Matthew 4:15-16 (NIV).