My thoughts as a wife, momma, mimsy, teacher, and Jesus follower
Green is energy and tranquillity all at the same time.
Green is a promise.
It is new and fresh, like the start of a relationship
Green quietly enters a room with little fanfare,
But shares a vibrancy that can’t go unnoticed.
Green is complexity with a darker side.
Green is the depths of envy and jealousy.
It is currency that leads to corruption and power.
Green is layered and deep
From neon frenzy to deep lushness.
Since the day is so gray and dreary today, I thought this poem that I penned a decade ago would be a nice bright distraction. I remember the assignment from my creative writing class like it was yesterday. I was instructed to go on a “color walk” and to note everything of one particular color that caught my attention. It was the perfect spring day on campus in Oxford. I walked for hours – kind of lost myself in the color walk. Here is the piece of writing that came from that day.
Yellow
I am the day and the warmth
The harshly painted curb, edging
the street – corralling it.
I swing on a wire,
directing and signaling.
I am letters on a shirt,
letters on a bag,
a convertible speeding along
a street sign – shoe string
hair band – arm band
I am the tiny beak of a hungry bird.
I am yellow.
Julie Anne Taylor 