Red is the blood in the arteries of life
caressing all our organs
like a good obedient wife

Orange is the sunset that slides down
life’s great pane
in the calm of the evening when all is still again

Yellow is the brightness of the rising new dawn
the smiles of our children
when waking in the morn

Green is the new world as we try to save our planet
but also of naivety
as we cover it with granite

Blue is our sadness of loves and times now lost
the currency of living
does not come without its cost

Indigo is the serpent that holds its head up high
that shrugs off all constriction
for we must do – or we must die

Violet is the sweet plant that we tend just like a wife
inspiring oxygen through its veins
to sustain the spectrum of life.