Today's challenge is to to pick a color, write down,synonyms for it (e.g., green, chartreuse, olive, veridian), specific mood associations for it (e.g., red = passion, rage, blue = hope, truth). And then note everything in sight (on a walk or looking around your room) of the chosen color. Then start writing, using the color as a guide. My rough draft here could use a lot of work crafting those suggestions into this 'start...' perhaps from the perspective of an older person, remembering, perhaps, or forgetting...Or perhaps it is the prelude to another ghazal??...
White
White: the color of me
the color of everything
the color of nothing
God created the world
in a burst of light
and everything was white
A meeting in the dark of the moon
when stars were the only light
reflected in the wine.
No matter now, a milky way
blurs the night, truth blurs
and fades from white to gray.
The jasmine, and the daisy
fragrant, visual reminders
of light that has gone away.
A new blank page, another day
with less and less truth to say,
fading, blurring, white to gray,
I am mother of all colors,
mother color of everything,
signifying nothing, yet
the color of
possibility.
------Shirley Smith Franklin
White
White: the color of me
the color of everything
the color of nothing
God created the world
in a burst of light
and everything was white
A meeting in the dark of the moon
when stars were the only light
reflected in the wine.
No matter now, a milky way
blurs the night, truth blurs
and fades from white to gray.
The jasmine, and the daisy
fragrant, visual reminders
of light that has gone away.
A new blank page, another day
with less and less truth to say,
fading, blurring, white to gray,
I am mother of all colors,
mother color of everything,
signifying nothing, yet
the color of
possibility.
------Shirley Smith Franklin
Shirley, this is beautiful....a lovely interpretation of a color.
ReplyDeleteOne more day! When I post my last one tonight, there will be wine!
Lynn