What is this green
A jade like glow
But softer
More a mossy hue
But deeper
It evades my mind
Of any color to describe
Hazel
Emerald
Peridot
With amber lowlights
Slipping past like
Golden silk against my skin
I float on the elusiveness of
Velvet water
Where I glide
I dive like otter
Flip like fish
And revel in the green abyss

Until the sun begins to slide
And fade the evanescent tide
And I am bathed in dusky greys
And blues
Of every evening shade



Sara Mathews     July 2016