The colors of Eden

Green - as in new fresh leaves, or vast grass plains

Red - as bird's feathers, or rose petals

Blue - as a vast cloudless sky dotted with birds

Yellow - as soft warm, friendly lighting

White - as the feel of rabbit's fur or a flash of angel wings

Pink - as smiling lips of the first woman or man

Gray - as the after sunset moment when God and humans shared whispers

Black - as the velvety expanse of the diamond studded sky

Those where the colors of Eden.

There was no:

Green - as in slimy stagnating pools

Red - as in blood seeping into the earth

Blue - as in frost-bitten fingers

Yellow - as in hard hats, warning signs, or emergency vehicles

White - as in blinding snow, or death silenced lips

Pink - as in new scar tissue

Gray - as in chocking smoke

Black - as in a window less cell

These are our colors - but someday soon the Master artist will take His blood drenched sponge and gently wash our tear stained eyes - restoring the colors of Eden