As a child
I colored with reckless abandon outside the lines
all over the place
and wherever I felt, as I defined
the word abstract
Blue elephants, purple trees,
red fish, blue and white bears, green oceans,
pink moons. -- it was all good.
As I grew older everyone
was trying to make me color inside the lines,
color everything just like
I saw it.
So I ended up painting by numbers.
--- Whether you actually paint,
or you write poetry,
or dance, act or direct, create
what you feel ,
create outside the lines
.
I want to watch green oceans
and red bears,
an orange sun and a pink moon.
I like to listen to
purple trees as the blue
elephants make their way through
them.
What color is your love
now?
What color was your love
as a child? Jon York 2019