symbiont · alga and fungus, a quiet partnership
a green that is also a grey. the colour of a stone in the forest that
has been there longer than the forest has. the colour of the wall facing
north, in garden, in the rainy season.
lichen is the slowest colour. it grows a millimetre a year. you find it
on the headstones, on the wood of the bench by the river, on the
shutters of any building that has stopped being painted. it is the
colour of patience, of the partnership that does not need to speak.
lower than viridian. older than citron. a quiet partner of mist
and frost.