White

The canvas
Is white until
We apply paint
Slowly covering
Over the White to
Give color to tell a
Story in pattern using
Lines to focus the eyes
Of the observer on a focal
Point in our essay in pattern.
And you thought this was
About race in America
White privilege and
Unconscious bias.
Surprise! To paint
Sketch draw or
Even to water
Color calms
Takes us
Away
From stress
Allows us to create
Lifts the heart brightens
Our mood even if the painting
Is not too symmetrically
Pleasing or color
Appropriate
But no art
Is bad
Only
A hidden
White canvas.