There are colours abundant
from here and to there-
a clear azure sky,
the sun’s bright yellow glare.
Spring green of the grass
and emerald leaves,
candy-pink blossoms
gently wave in the breeze.
Roughened grey trunks
roots weaving down low
deep in chocolate-brown dirt-
rich soil helps them grow.
Floating above
are fluffy white clouds,
vivid tangerine kites
and trailing red tails.
The orange and black
of a butterfly’s wings
swirl together in patterns
of spots and of rings.
Soft petals to land on-
deep purples and gold
with fuzzy dark centres
where tiny feet hold.
Digging about
a pink worm is found
wriggling and squiggling
on that chocolate-brown ground.
Little black spots
on shiny red wings
are carried along-
feet sticking on things.
Hard rocks rise up-
the colour of coffee,
their uneven edges
all soft, green and mossy.
It’s here that we sit
for the next colour show-
because everything changes
when the sun starts to go.
How many colours can you find?
