Distrust (edit2, title chg)

[dukealien]

Edit2;

Distrust


Black clouds no less than white or pink,
Beijing sienna, sandstorm-brown,
can block the light of Heaven:
trust no race.

Edit1;

Race

Black clouds no less than white or pink,
Beijing sienna, sandstorm-brown,
can block the light of Heaven.

original;

Impediments


Black clouds no less than white or gray,
Beijing sienna, sandstorm brown,
can hide the light of Heaven. So,

place not your trust in race.

For a simple metaphor, this seems over-elaborated.  But

Black clouds no less than white or gray
can block the light of Heaven.

needs at least a pointer toward the analogy, doesn't it?

(And the inversion... but is it always wrong to echo the KJV?)