De Paul University
Writing from the Inside
Teacher: Zoe Keithley
What Color is Love?
I can hide here
Here in my song
Hide my color, hide my love
You don’t know my color nor
The color of my love.
What color is love?
Who must approve its color?
If I tell you of my love,
Must I include its color?
Can you hear my feelings?
Do blind people chose –
To love by color?
Are blind people prejudice?
Would they toss love aside,
A deep love, if the color were wrong?
What is the right color?
Must love have approval?
Who gives approval?
I have a love –
Must I hide its color?
Through love’s filter
I sense inner color
Another level and dimension of love
A love that can filter out ugliness
The ugliness of hatred.
Can we rise above
Look inside for the answers?
Could we learn to savor
Like ice cream –
The flavors of us all?