color

once upon a time of old

there was a silver pot of gold

and in the pot was something good

a rose bouquet, a heart of wood

a box of sweets wth naught inside

a flock of doves, a soft deer hide.

and all these things together mixed

and poured into a box of sticks.

the box was shook and shook around

and thrown into a hollow mound

which soon was flooded by the sea

and drowned along with even me.

the ocean killed me in a flash

but this here box survived at last

and saved the world with rose bouquet

and dove flock, sweet box, all ash gray

each had its uses, to the last

yet not a color came to pass.