The Colour Stayed

Composed for an image prompt from Ariadne Pautina :D

Yellow makes me happy.
only bringing the best kind of joy
uplifting, like the mustard fields 
I chanced upon while travelling
on tracks and wheels.

Bananas are my favourite.
Citrus, my go-to flavour
whether in food or perfumes,
brightens my days
like no other beheld that power.

Lilies shining this gold
make me forget my worries.
A story unfolds from their essence,
Spreading rays to hearts 
open to all the wonders of this world.

I keep going back to it 
When I create,
forgetting that it won't
return what you brought into my life
or took away when you left.

It's only a colour 
that used to bring me joy
when smeared across the page.
It remains the same source
of warmth and glow, I regained. 

The meaning changed,
I decided not to stagnate.
Things need not live the lives
We, humans, keep living
with constant change.

Sometimes, a colour ought to remain
just a pigment that holds 
secrets to my joy, unravelling my smiles
with the least amount of effort.
No hidden meanings for me to decipher.

I found my calling
while watching marigolds grow wild
without care
The Amaltas visit every spring
leaning down to make me notice, they care.  

My eyes convey, 
no doubt prevails
I have embraced time
no one and no thing
affects these complex webs. 

Have you heard them say?
How I no longer stop or hesitate
to regenerate, I had to be firm
no repeats, no fakes, 
no waiting for the seasons to change.

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*Amaltas - The Indian Laburnum tree, which has yellow flowers that seem like golden chandeliers or upside-down lupines. This tree is native to India and is also found in Southeast Asia.

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This poem was composed to the image prompt shared by Ariadne Pautina through the note shared below: