Colours of Life

COLOURS OF LIFE

Umber is the colour of the ferny bracken heath
Broken fronds dishevelled and unkempt 
Flaxen is the dry grass laid by wind in tousled sheaf
Sanguine, woodland floor with leaves, life spent

Thus are the groundlings of this changing
land
In winter landscape rough and unrefined
While trees, sylvan patricians tall now stand
Aloof in naked elegance designed

Inequity abounds throughout life’s drama
That some deplore and protest at this end
But would you not accept outcome of karma
When each play you’d select what to pretend

In form and shade profuse life forms abound
And vary without pause throughout the seasons
Their changes though predicted yet astound
Excite a wonder, give existence reason
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Wolf Avatar
January 14, 2021 at 3:39 PM
Just love the earthy and eloquent phrasing, 'ferny bracken heath'... sylvan patricians,' as well as the potshot you launched at the 'woke crowd' in the third stanza. G-d bless you, Geoffrey! Wonderful write! Light and Luminiscence, Gershon
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January 15, 2021 at 2:12 AM
Your perceptive comments are very much appreciated, Gershon. Many thanks.
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