The Quiet Work of Yellow

This might surprise you.
Yellow's greatest trick is hiding,
refusing to arrive too loudly.

Don't be fooled when you
discover yellow is shy.
Against black, it disappears.

Yellow listens carefully,
hears what other colors say.
Doesn't feel a need to show.

Without explanation
yellow turns red to orange.
Steps aside so red can glow.

Yellow gives blue courage
to become green.
and rainbows unfold.

Yellow leaves the room
when white insists
on purity alone.

And yet yellow
needs no introduction

Because in life—
Yellow simply is.