COLOURBLIND
written by: Dilip Mohapatra
@dilipmo
I don’t mind seeing the rainbow
in different shades of grey
one accentuating the other.
I don’t mind seeing the sprawling
meadow shorn of its green
a grey carpet spread before me.
I don’t mind seeing the sepia
in a rising sun and the sky a grey slate
with greyer clouds with silver linings.
I don’t mind the grey butterflies
flying lustily around grey flowers
sucking the colourless yet sweet nectar.
But surely I mind when
the Brown beats the Black blue
or the White shuns the rest.
I surely mind when you say
hate is Black while White is purity
Red is passion and sad is Grey.
In the race of the races
no one ever wins for all are losers
all are victims of pigmentation.
Spirit has no colour and so does the soul
and you see the true colours beyond the skin
only when you’re colourblind.
MAY 2017 / JAN-FEB 2019 AUTHOR OF THE MONTH at Spillwords.com
Dilip Mohapatra (b.1950), a decorated Navy Veteran started writing poems since the seventies and is a regular contributor to Spillwords. His initial foray into the world of literature was through poetry workshops in college and inspirations from his teacher Jayanta Mahapatra, an acclaimed poet in contemporary English. His poems have appeared in many literary journals of repute and anthologies worldwide. Some of his poems are included in the World Poetry Yearbook, 2013 and 2014 Editions. He has ten poetry collections to his credit published by Authorspress, which have received raving reviews in multiple literary journals globally. He has also authored two short story collections and two professional books on management and leadership. He is the recipient of the prestigious Honour Award for complete work under Naji Naaman Literary Awards for 2020 and holds the honorary title of ‘Member of Maison Naaman pour la Culture’.
He lives with his wife at Pune, India.
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