By: Chloe Wilson

Why do we color our words,

The same way we color the sky above us,

And the grass below?

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Why do we think it’s our job

To place importance upon colors 

We do not own,

Colors upon cultures we do not understand?

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Why is the white deemed innately successful, 

While the black is uncouth and loud?

Why is the pale yellow the erudite,

While the brown is stubborn and bold?

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Do we subconsciously connotate words based off experience,

Or fear, or the impending norm?

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Why do we willingly submit to these belittling words?

To these small minded meanings?

When we as a multitude of colors equate to so much more? 

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A rainbow is diverse. 

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A rainbow holds power, 

Power of the successful, the loud, the erudite, and the bold.

Because alone, a hue stands as nothing against a rainbow.

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Alone a single word stands nothing against our colors. 

Stands nothing against who we are, and what we can do. 

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Because as a people we are no single color, no single word.

Because we as a people are so much more,

We are us.