Yellow

the color of the day lilies 

Don planted along the sidewalk 

leading up to the back door of the church

in full-on bloom since I returned

shouting to all who pass by

welcome, welcome, welcome

the color of rest

in my bedroom

filled with the lighter

shades of its warmth

and set aglow by the

pine-board floors

made golden by the years

of feet scooting across them

the sun-reflecting

fields of wheat

hiding within

school buses of finches

the color of nourishment

and life

warmth

and embrace

yellow is

[when red is not]

my favorite color