Black

Black is not the color of my soul.
Black is the color of coal.
Black is a shade and an a hue,
never bright like in light,
but dark as in the night.

Is black just a color or is something
else,
an adjective used to describe
something boring
which will have you snoring.
Is black just a metaphor for a word itself
or am I just looking for a book on a shelf
to become allegory for what is to come
simply put not having any fun.

Meaning the book on the shelf is what you get but
not what you necessarily see, just like the color black
which is shadowy.
Black is a word  and it sounds kind of dreary,
incomplete, and perilously. and it'd  
 make oneself oh so weary.