GREEN

Green ….

There are shades and shades

of green - from light to dark

and variations on the theme

of green and in between.
Asparagus. broccoli, peas....
A million, million, billion leaves ....

New - alive - fresh - sap rising -

enjoying the tip of morning mist
and morning light, then the day,

then the cool and chill of dark night.

Lord, keep me green, work

with me to become supple,

alive, long before my autumn

bursts of color - before the Fall …

before I fall - long before
they put a green carpet over me -
over my box - over my dirt grave. 
Amen.

© Reflections 2012

Painting no top: "Terre Verde" by Valerie Anne Kelly