Next up in the series is... you guessed it! Yellow (gold, ochre, amber, sepia, daffodil...whatever you want to call it). Yellow has always been the color of optimism for me- never overbearing, just bright enough to make me smile. This poem pays tribute to that particular quality of yellow that means light, joy, and hope.
~Yellow~
When the sun shines, you’ve got to catch it
Save it for those amber-colored days
When the lemons won’t turn to lemonade
Because you ran out of sugar last week
Save it for that faded moment
Of sepia-toned memories
Playing like a reel behind your eyes
Maybe a remnant of a sunny state fair day
Or a flash of ribbon resting in her dark hair
Mmm- if I could, I’d fry your smile
In golden butter
And dip it in mustard
Before gobbling it up,
Licking the crumbs off
My fingers
And slurping the juice off
My plate
When the sun shines, you’ve got to catch it
Soak it in.
Grow your seed into a
Sunflower
The daffodils will never
Lie down of their own
Accord
Sand is not just for martinis on the beach
I crush my own shells each spring
To spread on the concrete
When summer pulls me outside to
Bask and bake in the warmth
When the sun shines, you’ve got to catch it
So when you find yourself
Sunken in the yellow quagmire of thought
Inside when you should be out
Foot stuck in the emotional sap
Of your years
Take the bronze hand held out to you
And get some of that shine on your soul
The sun’s out.
~P. Desai (2011)
"Ever the Optimist"- 09/03/2010 (P.Desai, 365 Project)
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