Shades of Gray

White is the absence of color Black is every color combined Everyone else is somewhere in between White is the absence of sin Black is darkness, no light Anything else is shades of gray If we all have dark and light in us, What makes us so different? Our degrees We’re all made of the same thing In different concentrations But all we let ourselves see Is the color If we understood That every shade Complements the others We could find real peace And love And acceptance