Gramp's Favorite Color

As children

we ask

the most important

of

questions

why this

why that

and 

why not

echo through 

the hallways

lined

with framed photos

and

crackling

sun

But the most

pertinent

powerful

and

profound

What is your favorite color?

is THE one to be answered.

I asked this

every other weekend or so

on our visits

Gram would proudly say

the color of my magnolia tree

the backdrop for all the summer photos

oh not at all bubblegum or pepto

 but the palest of precious pink

Mine has always been

the juicy color of happiness

and vibrant sun

the very best flavor

(of jelly bean, gummy, soda or sherbet)

But Gramps

He was the one who would say

with a glint in his eye

a riddle

and

the 

answer

all in one

the color of the sky

the moment

the sun shuts

her eyes

and nestles in 

an early autumn 

blanket of clouds

my gramp's favorite color

I think of him

every time I see the sky streaked

in salmon swirled cerulean

and I hear his answer

sky blue pink 

OctPoWriMo 2018  Day 27

Inspired by the prompt "what color is it?"