HOUR TEN

The color Purple- bellflowers,
lavender scented soaps, tulips
and eggplants- the soil is warm
idle garden glove under
the summer sun- lilac into verdant mulberry
artichokes hand-picked from the home garden

Seedlings sprouts into another flower.

Red as Sindoor, Henna, spice chai,
poppy flowers, Cardinal, watermelon,
red paprika in Goulash, Wine
and sometimes
dying embers from the ceremonial worship
crisp red roses for the wedding day
Candied Carrots- apple Murabba
in plain jars- another specialty of grandma.

Orange as pumpkins in the Halloween
Costa Rica Clementine in a supermarket
Monarch butterfly and sunset
Saffron as perfumed sunbeams

Yellow as a Sunflowers, turmeric,
dandelions in the backyard, corn cob
and school bus
Yellow sands of Arizona- handiwork of nature

Green as cactus and vines dangling from the gazebo
button flowers, lettuce in the salad bowl,
and emerald eyes of my cat

White as a snowflake, lilies, paper boats,
the moon, and stars;
The color Sapphire as the midnight sky and heirloom gemstone.

Here is my color list for you- a colorful bouquet, crayon-box,
rainbow and quaint dye shop.

Copyrighted by Ruchi Chopra, 2017.