
gray is my love language
I thought everything was black and white
right or wrong, so good or so bad
this year I painted my bedroom gray
and bought myself gray bedding
I’ve loved gray for a lot of years now
and I’ve finally realized why
It’s soothing, non-binary, calming
non-conforming, nuanced, mysterious
and as far as light wavelengths go, it’s a mix of
every color and no colors, literally all-inclusive
that’s a gray area used to seem threatening
and now I’m all ooh gray area! where? yay!
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