Colors of the Sufferer's Rainbow

[Vox_Nihilis]

@UselessBlueprint: Thanks for taking the time to respond, no worries about its simplicity The first stanza's "x is for the y that z" structure actually was meant to depict a flag. Green, red, black, and white are the colors of the Syrian flag. Basically, the poem shows its transformation in the eyes of this little boy from representative of semi-positive aspects of Syria to relatively negative aspects, perhaps with the exception of the bittersweet grey. Also, what was your misreading of "He reaches ... / red and grey"?