Hello Yellow

Yellow in the turmeric of the curry in today’s menu
Yellow in the colour of prosperity of a bride’s trousseau
Yellow in the rust golden , lush paddy crop,
Yellow in my basmati, coloured by a saffron milky drop
Yellow in the gigantic ,happy sunflower heads,bold
nodding in the midday sun, in a field awash with gold
Yellow is the colour of the soil of "Haldighati" before it reddened 
Yellow is the colour of silky yolk swaying,gladdened 
in a sea of gooey, eggy, moist, sumptuous  vision
Yellow is the overwhelming promise of an ocean 
of shimmering mustard flowers, stalks lithe and long
Yellow in the dhoti of the punditji doing Paath, sing song
Yellow of the sun that washes over the backyard old
after a morning of rain and clouds , wet and cold
Yellow of the "Nishaan sahib" waving defiant 
in wind , sun and moon, in rain pliant
Yellow in the earthy goodness of falling leaves 
of sleet and breeze and rain drops from eaves.