Red and White

Your dark skin couldn’t have held it better
The red color so brightly enhanced
And as I walk right beside you
In the embrace of this windy city
With the white, over my brown skin
I think only that, we,
A better spectrum could not be
Of color that brightly flows from within us
Exuding the joys, the laughter that we share
From the inside, out…to the Navy Pier

As you hold my hand beside these quiet Chicago waters
Which gracefully flow by, despite the partying cargo
With its calming breeze filling our hearts
Hearts that beat in sync to the steps of our feet
One by one, two by two, side by side….
My heart is filled with warmth and cheer
And my mind is filled with spectra of colors
Only, they are different shades, of red and white

Each red shade joins the next and the next, of white
All circumventing and uniting to become
One interminable strand of dreams and hopes
Hopes of what the future for us hold
That though I lay down tonight to sleep
Those strands lead me to a place,
Where in beautiful colors I dream…
Of different shades of red and white;
Of You and I.