Green

My favorite was green
and used to think
the Lord was car floormats
because they were blue
and I'd look at them
on rainy days
with windshield wipers going
and it felt the same
as crying into my pillow
and seeing him with golden hair
while my heart beat in my ears

I 'd hear so much it scared me
Branches moving, crickets chorus,
the screech of a horse whinny,
telephone wires talking.
The orchestra kept me awake
all night or I'd drift,
dream a strange voice,
and awaken in terror

There were monarch butterflies
and rainy days with
grey puddles, yellow coats,
and the roar of busses like lions
There were blue corduroys and
homemade frosted sugar cookies
that seemed to last forever
Grass so brightly green
you wouldn't believe it
and clouds rumbled in the sky
like giant heavenly gears