Reflections of a Boomer

COLOUR BLIND

By David Palethorpe

The colours of the rainbow,
The colours of the world,
They brighten every moment,
With beauty when unfurled.

True beauty lives within us,
Not in the shade of skin,
It’s found in how we see the world,
And what we hold within.

We all are bound to beauty,
It lifts and shapes our lives,
Yet when we look at humankind,
Be colour blind, Be wise.

For skin reveals no measure
Of the person we may find,
The beauty of all humankind
Resides within the mind.