Forest Green by Dasya Willis

It’s the color that goes the most unseen

It winds through the forest

Yet it’s passed by every tourist

“It’s just another color you see everyday,

It’s too ordinary”, they say

You see it everywhere, yet it goes unnoticed

A color hidden in plain sight that gets missed

Found it nearly every child’s drawing

Through every ordinary day clawing

It’s way to the surface of the dirt

Yearning simply to be seen under all the hurt

Of being walked all over and disregarded

Wishing not to be a color that’s discarded

It’s the first sign of growth in every plant

It’s lifegiving and peace it grants

So I will always love the color forest green

For it’s the color that goes the most unseen