Colors

Renae Brumbaugh Green

November 1, 2020

Crayola Company 

Should sell a new box of crayons

All one color. 

Blue is my favorite. 

Red is nice, too. 

If there were only one color in the world, 

Maybe we’d all get along. 

Yet, how dull life would be

With only one color

Without tone or hue

Without the rainbow. 

Black, brown, green, yellow, 

All crayons are made of the same stuff. 

Black, brown, beige, yellow, 

All people unique, 

All people the same. 

We love, we live, we laugh, we cry. 

We want good things for our families, our neighbors, our country. 

Can I change my vote? I don’t want just one color. 

I’d rather celebrate the kaleidoscope of beauty

In the box.

Renae Brumbaugh Green is an ECPA bestselling author and award-winning journalist. She lives in Stephenville, Texas with her handsome, country-boy husband, two dogs and a bunch of chickens, where she teaches English at Tarleton State University.