Colors of Our World

By Shirley A. Harvey

God chose a rainbow of colors

To make our world pretty and bright—

A lovely blue hue for the sky

With clouds like big blankets of white.

Purple for faraway mountains,

Green for the grass and the trees,

Brown for big puddles of mud,

Black and yellow for bumblebees.

Gold for the sun that warms us,

Silver for raindrops and ice,

Red for cardinals and roses,

Gray for soft, scurrying mice.

These heavenly colors together

Bring beauty for all eyes to see—

Each one a loving creation,

Especially for you and for me.

Illustrated by Richard Hull