Color is about lines

And lines are about borders

And borders are about belonging

Mine and yours

I need my space

We must keep our distance

And distance is about fear

 

We draw lines around our communities, our commitments

We will only go so far

Lines around our conversations

We don’t  say what we mean or mean what we say

Lines around our relationships

Don’t cross the line

 

We don’t color outside of the lines

When we color ourselves

Our bodies become borders

Indications of who belongs to “us” and “them”

They create space and distance

Our color lines create fear

We will only go so far

We will only say so much

We will not cross the line

When we color ourselves