COLOURING

 

COLOURING

Take out the crayons; you will start again

To colour in the birds

where they left off singing

Use sky blue and tangerine whatever colors

shine on you and find

As you did in your daydreams then

if you colour the clouds magenta

You are still most secretly the friend of God

Let lemon yellow be your song

When the sun is hiding all day long

And rain confines you to a somewhat dreary place

Add forest green reviving all the trees and softest blue

Beyond the sad things that happened to you;

Wherever there is unease in the world

Make the magic spell it out for you and cast

the waxy rainbow spectrum over anything

Oh anyone and let the pastels thrive

Colouring in the wilderness that is

But once was not alive

And still can be

Make it all apricot everything on the page

Forget the end of days

Forget it all but Paradise

Milk and honeycomb

The light of loving eyes

Breaking the red crayon again

To emphasize the rose will win

In winter snows

Oh cherry bright in your enterprise

Oh child once wise. begin

mary angela douglas 5 may 2024