YELLOW - Define It Poetically Contest -- Marigold Morning

“Yellow is the color closest to light. In its utmost purity it always implies the nature of brightness and has a cheerful, serene, gently stimulating character. Hence, experience teaches us that yellow makes a thoroughly warm and comforting impression.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yellow stars are quickly receding, as I’ve always known they would. Yellow is the sun touching the sky adding color to the neighborhood. Yellow is the warmth of mellow sunshine, mid woodland songs and cries. Yellow is the egg yolk and buttery toast I eat while watching butterflies. Yellow is the morning of marigolds and sun, watching as magenta finally fades. Yellow is the frenzied canary who sits upon my rooftop and stays. Yellow are the wheat fields underneath transparent, cerulean skies. Yellow are the gigantic sunflowers standing at attention, vigilant sentries. Yellow are those scented hours, wishing they would never end. Yellow is the beauty of seasonal colors upon which I’ve learnt to depend. Yellow are nature’s melodies played on a loop celebrating the rising sun. Yellow is this memorable day of days with its treasured life hardly begun. Yellow is the morning of citrine sparkling upon the full richness of my life. Yellow is the sparkling, delicious honey in the rich chamber of a beehive.