Lift the veil of your blackness

in the spirituality of deep night.

greet the rosy red hue of sunrise

kissing your skin with passion.

See with your heart the purple

softness and love mingling with red.

Thumb the rough bark of brown tree,

warmth of dead plants, decaying,

earth opening up to burgeoning life.

Stroke green to absorb virgin growth,

imbibing freshness of clean health,

like a minty taste on your tongue.

Brush the blue of cold water, gurgling,

smell its salty brine wafting around you.

Caress blush on your cheeks in red dashes,

heat emanating in color of spicy passion,

flashes of anger and intensity, overwhelming.

Whiff wind-whipped stormy colors of grey

breathing sweet ozone and new breezy air.

Peel the pebbled skin of an orange, taste

sweetness like the tropics, round like

the orange globe of the sunset in sky.

Savor yellow, like a ripened banana

nourishing and sweet, drawn into soul.

Wrap white of purity and cleanliness,

cocooning your body in soft simplicity.

Expand all your senses to see the beauty

light touches of color grazing your skin.

BLUE is like a day off. Freedom. Blissfully refreshing!

The gentle splash of flowing pools. A sparkling fish caught in a line.

PURPLE is a wild party! Absolutely no stressing.

The pungent taste of a fine wine exuding the essence of a rotting vine.

YELLOW is the happy your feel when the sun warms your shoulders.

It is the pleasant aroma of pineapple fields miles wide.

RED is a jalapeño or burning campfire coals creating red hot boulders.

Certainly, red is as exciting as any rollercoaster ride.

ORANGE signifies alternating seasons. Another summer to encumber.

Panic stricken to prepare herb stuffed turkey and nutmeg pumpkin pies.

GREEN is the fresh, cool flavor and sweet scent of a cold cucumber.

Mild and alive. Even wet. A rare color of some folks’ eyes.