JLK
Color is love.
You can only see color if you are in love.
Most people are born with the ability to see color.
Most people are born loving their mother.
This color then fades as the child grows up.
When the child’s love fades.
This color does not return until a new love is found.
Some never find it.
I was unlucky for a long time.
Though not for a lack of trying.
I dated many people—men, women, and a lot in between.
I just wanted to be happy.
Then one day I got lucky.
I heard a surprising language in an unsurprising place.
He smiled and that was it.
After the day we first talked, we didn’t stop.
Now he is asleep with his head in my lap.
I can see his purple hair spread across my legs.
He opens his eyes to see me staring at his hair.
“Did you know that your hair is purple?” I ask him.
He smiles his gummy smile.
“예, 저는 한동안 알고 있습니다.” (Yes, I have known for a while.)