Colors

Poem written at a very trying time in my life.

Colors

Green, Yellow, Brown,
all the different hues.
All the trees in a forest
seen from different views.

As different as the moods,
the feelings that I feel.
Colors without number.
So then how do i deal

with the colors of my moods?
With the colors of the trees?
With the conflicting shades
of anger, love, hope, rejection? Please

help me to cope.
Help me to organise the colors of
my moods. I feel as though my
sanity is flying high above

out of my reach. I'm trying to
hang on. But it's slipping,
slipping away from me.
It's flying and spinning and dipping -

teasing me, coming close,
then flying away again.
Help me, I need your help.
I need your help to stay sane.

**written May 30, 1994