Black Isn't

Written for Lexi’s Poetry Challenge round 36.

Black isn’t colorless,
but the absorption of all colors;
it’s the rainbow bound
in the space separating
atoms of pure light.

Black isn’t a lack of desire,
but the inclusion of all yearning
in the raven locks of the beloved.

Black isn’t total darkness,
but the midnight sky glistening
with the bright glory
of distant stars.