AZUL...

I remember being about six years old

the first time my grama let me look at her oil paints

ooohhh

I was sooo exited
out came the special box 

she lit a match and gently warmed the caps

 of the colors that were stuck too hard
 to open on there own

 my favorite color was cobalt blue

I thought
there is cobalt in there

just waiting to turn into a blue glass bottle

 under my gramas magic brush
yes

i believed in magic!
and i still do

the other most favorite thing i liked
about her paints
were the names of the colors
and
 hearing her say them to me
AZUL...
MAGENTA...
VIRIDIAN...
beautiful was what i heard

Frances Ison Smith