Color minstrel

give me laughter
give me smiles
clothe yourself in rainbows
they are the latest styles

give me music
give me songs
sing them to the multitudes
they stand in puzzled throngs

Give me summer's morning dawn
when muted colors rise
Give me sunset's brilliant hues
that rise into the skies

give me moonlight silv'ry pale
and zephyrs warm and soft
give me time to sit and think
of all the lights aloft

1979