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Amidst the swirling shadows black
God overlaid a canvas white
And opened up His prized green box
The one with sharpener in back
“Look at all these good things I made,”
He said, “in just the first six days!
They’re pure and glorious like Me,
This will be their coloring day!”
Lifting out the sepia crayon,
He suddenly hesitated.
“Is this work on my day of rest?”
Then laughing heartily pressed on.
Colors flew 'cross creation’s scene
Blue, green, yellow, orange and red
Every single detail covered
Even atomic tangerine
Reveling in His universe
He filled the dark of outer space
With midnight blue and sunglow too
Attending the wild blue yonders
Every sky blue and rainbow hued
Sunset orange and hot magenta
The cotton candy clouds of gray
All His expansiveness imbued
And then He painted all the land
So mauvelous, pristine, untouched
The purple mountains’ majesties
Mountain meadow and desert sand
Then underground he salted through
Copper, gold and silver treasures
Some brick red clay and antique brass
A tiny dash of turquoise blue
In stride the depths became sea green
To contrast the warm Pacific blue
Islands of Caribbean green
Erupt from surf aquamarine
On land He brushed both bush and trees
And tropical rain forest ferns
Jungle green and mahogany
Then forest green and tumbleweed
Nearby the pine green razzmatazz
Now sprang vibrant fruit aplenty
The spring green’s first wild strawberry
Beneath the plum’s purple pizzazz
Chestnuts, eggplants and apricots
He began to color them all
Almonds, peaches, asparagus
And the Granny Smith Apple lots
On trying vivid violet red
Violet selectively eschewed
He chose to paint the olive green
And the cherry cerise instead
Lunchtime came, a welcome respite
Jazzberry jam on rolls to start
And some Macaroni and Cheese
Then His favored treat, pink sherbet
Once again the colors He drew
Starting with wild watermelon
To contrast vivid tangerine
Some indigo and navy blue
Rejoicing in diversity
The colors then began to dance
Electric Lime, Mango Tango,
Banana Mania levity
Splashing red, orange, yellow, green
The Creator joined the dancing
Laser Lemon, Neon Carrot,
The Tickle Me Pink finale
Screamin’ green shamrock broke the din
Receiving their bright, vibrant hue
Then with one last dash of melon
Flowers were about to begin.
In carnation pink, lavender
And dazzling blue violet
God’s razzle dazzle rose anew
From the fertile brown loam and dirt
Next up cornflower, dandelion,
Cadet blue bells and the fuchsia
Wisteria and wildflowers
Perfectly adorned creation
Goldenrod’s unmellow yellow
And a tapestry of orchids
Fields undulating in the wake
Of God’s majestic color flow
Hidden ceruleans warble
Harmonizing canary songs
To the piggy, pink flamingo
And timberwolf so very bold
Inch worms measure brightest colors
As floating manatees survey
Above vibrant periwinkles
Slinking quietly near the shores
Salmon swim near a beaver crew
All fuzzy wuzzy brown and tan
Building dams beneath a nest of
Unborn chicks clothed in robin egg blue
God stokes up His Holy fire
Dabs burnt orange, burnt sienna
Emerging from radical red
From eternal Spirit’s pyre
Lord God tried outrageous orange
Denim and then Raw Sienna
Perfecting Adam, poor maroon
Whose blush reached a shocking pink range
Overjoyed with His masterpiece
His canvas nearly completed
He saw the colors that remained
And began to grieve without cease
Redeeming His beloved children
Demands bittersweet sacrifice
To pay the scarlet wage of sin
A royal purple heart, His Son.
Yet on this day, His day of rest
A moment’s joy was made complete
By coloring all creation
With His Glory
With His Best
Author’s Note: This poem includes all 120 colors that can be found in the complete, current pallette of the most popular crayons. Can you find them all?
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