you know when you put a piece of food in your mouth right out of the oven and you burn your tongue? That’s red. If people sat in the sun for weeks and let their skin glisten as it soaks in tanning oil, well that’s orange. If you’re bursting with energy and you can’t explain why, and your cheeks ache from smiling so much, you could just sing? That’s yellow. When your feet step into grass, and your toes sink and wiggle among the blades, you breathe in deeply and it smells like a freshly mowed lawn and budding lilies, that’s green. If you jumped in the shower before it is warm enough, and you get a quick shiver down your spine, that’s blue. Oh, and when you feel like you’re missing someone… longing for the sound of their soft voice- that’s violet.
After being asked, How do you explain a rainbow to a blind person?
Riley Wells