Green

PMS 357 C, Hex Color: #1E4D2B, RGB: (30, 77, 43), CMYK: (92, 18, 94, 61)

To adore trees

And to love the leaves

Is all i hope to ever need

Everything shares in some way

Decaying grass Dawns green Dots even in their Dying state

Being outside Brings different love for the green

Always been there,

Unintentional yet riddled with purpose and reason

How i’ve kept this color with me,

Where would i be

Without this green?

This brick road reminiscent of Dorthy, definitely not there

My homes,

Here

two colors connect not only to one another,

But to people, families, groups, communities that take care

My path painted bright

From one beginning to new starts

Home

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Ian Horn/ Mr. Horn.

The lines and stanzas in this poem are structured according the three color codes that make its name. These color codes are that of the Colorado State University green which happens to be the exact same green that the Prek-12 school I attended growing up also uses. When I first came to CSU I was astonished to see the same green that I had been surrounded by in my youth follow me to the place I considered my new beginning. Through looking at the colors relevant in my life I found connecting paths that hold both my history and my future, reminding me that every part of the process matters even when an "end" appears to have been reached.

This poem is taken from a series of three poems that meditate on the topic of watching paint dry to better analyze relationships held with color, memory, sense of being, and passive engagement with certain aspects of life.