Garth Rakumakoe

Lone Purple

Held up

to the bohemian philosophy

that orbits her solstice

her pen on paper

reflects in blue

but in purple she paints

 

Misconstrued

Her war is passion

in sarong, and soliloquy

with the windmills of her mind

fireplace, fine whisky

and cigarette smoke

she\'s as slow a molecule

as molasses

 

Her passion is war

in the rich colored violets

portrayed by her violent thoughts 

- the most intriguing -

inviting place to be

 

The lone writer

is a matured ever-blue

that fermented purple

with each page