Evolving Emotions: Yellow

Yellow has been a rather

Permanent resident in my life

Since fourth grade

My single driving force

Aspiration

Ultimate goal

Was to be a

Maize and Blue

Student

Supporter

And success

That last part

Has proved challenging

And a twinge undesirable

The place I called home before any other

Apart from the womb

My childhood bedroom

A zany yellow on the walls

In an artificial cheer

It was not always

So cheerful.

Something I learned recently

A rather depressing fact

Bananas are disagreeable.

For all of the cramps I sustain

Apologies in advance

To my near and distant future

My eyes loathe the sun

It’s bright rays

The sweat beading

It’s a sticky sort of hatred

It never ceases to amaze

How ironic the world is.

Connections and coincidences

In fascinating alignments

All for the purpose of absurdity

Made sensical

Blue has become a recent tenant

Paint rollers glided like waves

Creating a sky along the walls

Each raindrop and cloud

Brings a comforting cold

And reminder

Of dirt’s occasional aroma

I’ve often been blue

Sad beyond belief

Swallowed by a riptide

But it’s in those moments

That I’m grateful

For it all

For the joy

For the tears

For the bananas I cannot digest

And for the Zen in my bedroom

That served as a transition

Between color and emotion