Original DDE™ art: “Stark & Thorny” by: rob kistner © 2/10/26
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in a world gone grey
joy suffers
eyesight
sans trichromatic vision
is a world gone grey
stark—
gone harsh
without color
the world would whisper
speaking only in hushes—
it would not sing
morning would still arrive
but only as a pale imposter
a cold agreement
between light and shadow
no blue
to calm the soul
no jeweled sunrise
to convince the sky it mattered
no green
to teach leaves the word—
alive
faces would be written
in contour and shadow
no blush—
emotion measured by angle alone
flowers would still open
but only as shapes
only in proportions
oceans would forget their seduction
becoming vast thoughts
rather than promises
fire would lose urgency
reduced to motion
without warning
memory would thin
we would remember events
not the brilliance of celebration
birthdays as dates
not the vibrance of parties
or the wrappings of gifts
or the rainbow icings of cake
in such a world
color would become myth—
a rumored miracle
whispered by light
to anyone still listening
and inside light itself
color would wait silent—
unspoken
in this colorless quiet
we might finally notice
how much the world leans on us—
not just to see it
but to feel it—
alive
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rob kistner © 2/10/26