BLACK & WHITE

by NIAYA

A miracle we have color

                        so vibrant, it’s so fair

            but when I look back

            at 1950 films

I can’t help to think

                                    “is this really real?”

we have green now

            purple and blue

red and pink

                        but back then its all hueless

boring and meek

was there really color?

            did everyone wear the same thing

were trees contained with black leaves

                        because if they were then why weren’t they green?

maybe someone had to invent colors

                                    they were just tired of

                        the same old thing

now of course we have vibrant

settings

                        except for in our phones

for when we edit

            then you see Black and White

and I think the same

            question all over again.