Your poem is lovely, and the question posed within is inviting: “Is darkness a color?”
The color of darkness. The splendor of absence. The harmony of silence. We all pass these things with little notice; thank goodness, after all, for the loud and bright shiny distractions that capture our attention. Yet they remain. We instinctively know that exploring the banal is good for us—it recalibrates our sight and resets our emotions, providing the very baseline for appreciating life's diversity. In a world of memes and algorithms, empty space serves as a necessary intermission, a quiet room where the mind can find rest. By looking closer at what is typically ignored, we, as writers, discover that when the heavy cover of the obvious is lifted, nothingness carries its own weight, and silence can be heard quite clearly…dictating our very first words.
Thank you for sharing these parts of yourself, Tyler! Maybe that's why you have this community; you are the kind of darkness that is comforting and gentle. Your gravity pulls us in and we all feel safe enough to shine in this space you have created.
Your poem is lovely, and the question posed within is inviting: “Is darkness a color?”
The color of darkness. The splendor of absence. The harmony of silence. We all pass these things with little notice; thank goodness, after all, for the loud and bright shiny distractions that capture our attention. Yet they remain. We instinctively know that exploring the banal is good for us—it recalibrates our sight and resets our emotions, providing the very baseline for appreciating life's diversity. In a world of memes and algorithms, empty space serves as a necessary intermission, a quiet room where the mind can find rest. By looking closer at what is typically ignored, we, as writers, discover that when the heavy cover of the obvious is lifted, nothingness carries its own weight, and silence can be heard quite clearly…dictating our very first words.
The splendor of absence, is exactly how I feel. So wonderfully put my friend. It's always what we ignore that uncovers what we never should have.
Thank you for sharing these parts of yourself, Tyler! Maybe that's why you have this community; you are the kind of darkness that is comforting and gentle. Your gravity pulls us in and we all feel safe enough to shine in this space you have created.
You're so very, very welcome. More than that, thank YOU for caring. I love this, and it means more than you know.