Brown

Let’s give a toast to the color brown,

The color that grounds me when I need to come back to Earth,

The taste of semi-sweet, dark chocolate with caramel toffee,

Bring me to resilient elegance,

The complex taste when the meal has had its time to brown,

My brown skin cocoa buttered down,

Bronzed lip gloss,

Lace up my terracotta leather boots,

Acoustic guitar providing the music for satisfying songs,

Wooden furniture giving the body comfort,

Fresh, sweet fruit grown from the dark fertile soil,

The stability of brown is how I gain my strength,

I give thanks to the brown for feeding life on this Earth,

Oxygen for the elders and the young to breathe,

My roots, my youth, my future.

My roots, my youth, my truth.