1.

People like colours.
The desert of black and white
bores them.
People, like colours,
blend to create new shades.

2.
If given a choice, what would you rather have?
A dictionary of colours or a many-hued rainbow
that glows under UV? What about a dictionary
of colours that glow under UV? What about
a dictionary of colours that glows under UV?

3.
If we could see through the eyes of a bee,
Maybe we’d appreciate UV for more than just a tan,
sterilized water, and psychedelic seance.

4.
If we could reach the end of any rainbow,
We’d perhaps find the pot of gold hanging low
from an apple tree, still bitter when we bite it.

5.
Despite, the fear of definitions,
despite the fear of definitions,
we carve out our own shades of the rainbow.

6.
Look at us like a bee looks at the world.
Come, glow with us under UV, taste all the gold.

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Lav (they/he) is an independent researcher and writer in Bengaluru. They exist in intersections.