The Black Poem

Hello! Managed to dig out from the dusty depths of my computer archives the poem I mentioned in class, that I wrote in JC. This is the description that came along with it:

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This poem clinched a 3rd prize in CJC Creative Writing Competition 2005, and was published in the school's literary magazine. The poem is about the different and conflicting interpretations of the colour Black.
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No idea how this won anything but here it is:

Black.

The complete lack of colour,
Or the fusion of all;
The coldness of winter,
Or nighttime of fall?
The epitome of evil,
Or purely misunderstood;
The making of fear,
Or perfect creation of mood?
The crowns that we wear,
Fade as though barely there
But, oh, the many shades of black
We cannot begin to compare.

(:

, Cheryl