Green

green a colour for go
ahead or backwards?
future-past beckons
trees give familiar warmth
shading uncertainty beneath
twin suns of doubt and purpose
alternate blazes of emotion
warm the heart, or
burn the soul
still, the green seas call
for action undesirable
intensity surrounds
comfort found in green

While green is discovered
red is inherited
a collective of concern
genetic in pathology
blood sticks to head
and heart is true in colour
showing strength through struggle

red, colour of a forgetful remembrance
and potted histories of betrayal
falling like autumn leaves
discarded memories of brief summers
bright and short-lived

mind your palette
keep out the blue sorrow
meaness and bruised souls

keep the toffee apple colouring
that watermelon belief intact
fresh from spoiling doubt