The colours
Of life
The vivid ones
Of course
Neons and electrics
Brash and confrontational
The crazy-ass kind
I never knew existed
Never thought could exist
It’s half what I travel for
The explosion of new
And strange
And challenging
Then there’s saturation
The ochres and organics
Fulsome
Full-bodied
The ones which bleed with life
Gravitas
The colours which make me want
To hug the earth
But I love too
The muted ones
The neutrals
The camouflage tones
These are the greater challenge
Finding the changes
The transitions
Which some do not always see
The little beauties
Like a thousand miles of desert
Or a straight line across the plains
Watching for the shifts
Of flora, fauna and humans
Even the smallest things
The most mundane
And seemingly colourless
Can make life seem so exciting
Utah, United States of America
Taken during travels, 1996