Coloring

Sitting on the floor of my tiny bedroom,
My 8 year-old hand reaches for a crayon;
Shall I pick violet or indigo?
Sis is on my right, Mom on my left
And we’re coloring horses.
Mom loves horses,
And as my watchful eyes follow her hand,
I see her perfectly colored picture;
She’s so good at staying in the lines.

My hand skips over the sea of colors,
Blue, green, orange, red,
All mixed in a yellow cardboard box.
My slim fingers rest on maroon,
My current favorite color,
And a big grin plays on my lips -
A perfect color for a horse.

I color the grass emerald,
And think of Dorothy.
The horse’s hooves become
Ruby-red in honor of magical slippers.
The horse’s eye stands out
With a clumsy circle of sapphire.


Sis’s sky is a mesh of colors,
As she inserts a rainbow
Falling gently through the saffron sky,
Under the glistening marigold sun.
Our scenes are so different:
Mom with her perfection,
Sis with her idealism.
I giggle and continue on,
Painting a scene of love and color.

Written for

ID: 333655   (Rated: 13+) The Writer's Cramp  Write the best story or poem in 24 hours or less and win 10,000 GPs! by Sophy

Prompt:
Write a poem about or using color. You must include all the rainbow colors and four more. (Choose your own or take from this list: aquamarine, apricot, ashen, bay, beige, carmine, chestnut, copper, crimson, dun, ecru, emerald, fawn, fuchsia, henna, indigo, lavender, lemon, maroon, mauve, orchid, reseda, roan, ruddy, saffron , sapphire, scarlet, sepia, sorrel, straw, tan, teal, turquoise, umber, vermillion, ruby) (For those who don’t know the colors of the rainbow: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red.)