A Celebration of Purple - (By David Hurt)

David Hurt's Purple: The Pigment that Changed the World

From the coast of Phoenicia

It floated on waves

Of the Mediterranean

Guided by the winds

Of Zephyr...

It reached Byzantium,

 Then spread to faraway lands,

 Where its fame grew

With the name of the people who discovered & created it...

Ever since, it has been fought over,

 Seen kings, queens, emperors & civilizations rise and fall

& changed art, fashion, love & the world

& its future

Will continue to change ours

Eternally...