Finding Color in a Black and White World

Finding Color in a Black and White World
By: Reanna Marchman

Sitting in the vast classroom
Hearing the waves of typing fingers
And shuffling papers at each new slide
Cued for which moments to be silent, which to laugh
Entertainment in these theater seats, is learning.
Professor and students performing their roles.

Becoming aware of the world around us in a class room

Outside the walls nothing is so structured
Nothing is as black and white as the words on the page
People are messy,
Much more like an abstracted painting,
Which contains more colors than black and white.
The mind is more mindful than books and lectures.

Becoming aware of the world through experience

Intelligence is now- memorization and regurgitation.
Success is measured by how much you do.
The mind swirls with pressure, anxieties, and worries.
We forget we are human beings
Not human DOINGS.
Lives are fragile – handle with care.
May our minds be more mindful of the colors around us.

Becoming aware of the awareness of the black and white- and choosing more colors.