Color

roses are red
or sometimes white or pink
and violets are purple
don't you think?

however, the sky is blue
and sometimes water too
although the Mississippi
often looks like brown goo

the physics of light
such an amazing sight
moving with such speed
faster than anything in flight

wavelengths of particles
energy of matter
welcome to
the electromagnetic ladder

what a rainbow of hues
frequencies of red to wavelengths of blue

spectacles everyday reflected
absorbed onto the world, chemically selected

the sun's energy
reflected and absorbed
providing the stimulus
to support life on this world

will someday, all the light the sun brings
be sucked into darkness?
into one large black hole
with all other things?

but don't get worried
with darkness don't fright
for if this were to happen
death will have taken our sight