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