Paint It Black

Paint it black he says on #6 in Little Wing

and so I do with a black eyeliner pencil

in my black moleskin journal,

then with a black unibal deluxe pen

and now in typed black ink on the screen.

So, black is the word of the day

and the color of the night.

Black is the color of skin,

Black is for bean...coffee bean.

Black is for leather.

Black is the color of Chulo.

Black is dark and can be bleak...

especially if you’re depressed or

if black clouds follow you all around.

Black is strong, black is bold,

black is stillness, it is quiet.

Black can make you blind at times.

Black can be magic, just ask Santana

about that “Black Magic Woman”.

Black is for dancing in the dark.

Black is for dreams…good and bad!

Black is for watching the moonlight

and that’s what I’ll do

as I close this blog and turn off the computer

and when I do the screen will once again be black.