tattered and torn and ...

tired.
so, so, so tired …
and old.

and yet
so yellow, so gloriously, brilliantly, deeply
yellow!

yellow … the color of the
sun, of
dandelions
daffodils
buttercups

of honey and bees and wheat

of saffron
cumin
tumeric

things that are old, old
so old
like me
like the sand
like the sun ….