Why White is White

Confusingly (?) the explanation why

(In phyics) white is white is that the hue

Includes all colors; and another high,

Bright commonsense thought is . . . white tends to skew

Away, proclaiming white’s the absence of

All colors.  Prisms break up light so that

It shows the spectrum.  Paper gives the shove

To that thought.  Paper, glossy or soft matte

When white, is clearly the absence of all

The colors on the painter’s palette.  They

Are brushed against that blankness.  Aerosol

Graffiti artists turn a white wall gay.

..How must we resolve this obscurity

….Then?  White is white since souls want purity.

by phillipw | Sep 13, 2020 | IN, PU | 2 comments