lapis lazuli is the color of my spiritual doorway<\/p>\n
tourmaline, the color of our marriage<\/p>\n
stones.<\/p>\n
our house, guacamole, sporting both<\/p>\n
the yellow and green of an avocado.<\/p>\n
honey, the highlight color — stained doors, deck<\/p>\n
and yellow cedar shake.<\/p>\n
berry is the color of hunger and happiness.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
but of all the colors abounding, the silver\/green<\/p>\n
lichen at the base of our massive cedars is the<\/p>\n
most intriguing.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
this is the color of wisdom for me,<\/p>\n
of patient abiding.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
the forest is our Pacific Northwest teacher.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
when the cedar is exploded by lightning<\/p>\n
or thrashed to the ground by a winter wind<\/p>\n
storm, its orange-red flesh disintegrates<\/p>\n
into wild and weird castles.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
after several months it breaks down further<\/p>\n
into a soft duff that I love to walk through<\/p>\n
barefoot.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
when my feet are well stained<\/p>\n
orange red, I am ready to join in their<\/p>\n
moist and thoughtful sanctuary.<\/p>\n
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