Violet

The scientists tell me
that color
is made by bending light
to x length.
Past that length it's a different color
and for reasons we don't understand,
can't understand,
only those colors in that length range
are visible
and each is tied to memory
and emotions.
Maybe that's why I'm so enamored
by violet
rose
lilac
lavender.
I should have known
it was all a trick of the eye