Colours

In the blue
And grey
Of yesterday
The kaleidoscope of
Forgotten fashions
The purple storms
Of remembered passions

Blushing magenta
Sparkling white
The bridal glory
Of the Magnolia tree
Brings my yesterdays
Back to me

The colours
So bright
Now that I’m older
Fresh and sharp-focused
Glowing and bolder

So real, the past
A gilded rainbow
Vast as the sea
This is what colours
Mean to me

A way to reach out
And to remember
Long ago days
And golden Decembers

An older me, remembering the Magnolia tree and many Decembers