Day 13 - Black and Grey J

J's world is black and grey
the members of her church choir
wear a black and grey uniform of skirts and suits
in which they sing and sway
on a grey stage
in a huge grey auditorium

J drives a black car
along grey motorways
underneath grey skies
in her grey heels and black trouser she
arrives at the grey towers of Canary Wharf
and joins the marching black coats and cases
to deal in black figures marching across grey screens

But J is not black and grey
no
she dances hot pink trails across the salsa floor
and eats crispy orange friend chicken in her warm brown home
she laughs green life into dark rooms
she loves deep red
and sometimes sings blue
she speaks precious purple wisdom to the people around her
she dreams big, bright and yellow

the colours of her worlds sometimes clash with the colours of herself
and she is not a chameleon because
she doesn't blend in very well
no

she is a rainbow

I've just been up to London to see my friend Joy, and this is for her.