Colour Me
Once upon a time, in the days of silent film
Colour was banned in the whole wide world
Everything was black, white and grey
Black was night and white was day
Then one day, there was a storm so strong
Thunder and lightning crashed on Earth for long
When it cleared, when the sun did shine
On the horizon was a curly line
This was a rainbow of colour, it flickered and it flashed
Across the land at speeds so fast
It painted leaves with shades of green
A hundred tints that had never been seen
It painted the streams and the rivers blue
Corn fields sprang with a yellowy hue
Poppies came out with a brilliant red
All across the land this colour thing spread
A magic was flowing throughout the land
Never again would things be bland
There was pinks and greens and tangerine blue
Orange and cream and other colours too
The colours had names with a magical light
They bounced on the dull and they turned it bright
There was of sense of joy and a new sense of fun
Colour was in fashion, it had only just begun
There was android green and atomic tangerine
Blanched almond and bottle green
Dogwood rose with denim and fawn
A thousand greens on the grass to be thrown
Electric purple and electric perth
A thousand million colours that would splash upon the Earth
To mention all the colours would take a thousand years
So spread some joy and colour and throw away the tears
Copyright © John Scott | Year Posted 2014
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