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Everything is black and white.
Y'nowice that? (As my 4 year old says).
When my children were young(er), they called people so-called-black and so-called-white. I think that is most accurate, don't you? Because really, every one of us is a shade of brown - from very very light brown to very very dark brown.
No one is black, no one is white
Except in the dark
Except without light
Our beauty veiled
From our sight
Until we remember
God is Love
God is our Light
This is where it gets tricky, though. The above poem is tricky, because some might interpret the darkness as a negative thing, and black as negative, too. How could they not? Our language is saturated with negative references to things black. So, I ask that you contemplate the poem with new "eyes".
Good night. I'm going to close my eyes now, and be in the darkness behind my eyelids, and see my techincolor dreams.
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Except in the dark
Except without light
Our beauty veiled
From our sight
Until we remember
God is our Darkness as well as our Light
K