Color Me

Who paints the edges of green

Licked with mornings

Marine layer misty white

Who colors the edges of green

Dipped with mornings

Forest penetrating first light

Who washes the centers of green

Cleaned with Summer evenings

Chilled crisp condensing

Who strokes the centers of green

Soaked with Winter evenings

Deepening understanding

With morning tints or evening inks

Who paints the edges of our days?

Who colors the centers of our nights

With evening hues or morning glaze?

Not for whitewashing,

Who paints for truth & clarity?

Not for greenwashing,

Who colors for the Earth & equanimity?

Please color me clean,

Each day a new start

Please paint my dreams—

Everywhere Life is Art!

Happy Summer Solstice!