Almost home

Almost home

When a bunch of colors sat together
They saw beauty in each other.
Each shade mattered.
Each color was painted equally.

This was when humans did not exist.
Years later when  
Humans were introduced to colors
they found every color pretty
Except their own skin color.
The ones with the fair color had pride
The ones with the darker shade had shame.

Later, black was thrown out of the spectrum of colors because human eyes called it names.

This continued down to years until a brave voice emerged out of nowhere.
It said my color doesn't define me, it gives me confidence.
His friend said my color doesn't decide my job,or my status in society.
 
Hundreds of voices spoke up and hundreds of them were suppressed by fairness creams, tv ads and the urge to be white.

Black still is out of the spectrum of colors.
It is loved by few and excluded by many.
It will take years for black to be in its spectrum again because
The distance is far and the hurdles are many.

But if each human sees it as a color and not a failure.
It will reach its home and be painted freely like before.