Red is for
The raging beauty of a countryside sunset
The flashing garnet of passion
And the intoxication of honeyed wine
Blue is for
The splattering of rain in the autumn
Denim rough on smooth fingers
And the skyscrapers bathed in moonlight
Yellow is for
The soft worn pages of a book well-read
Sunshine in my father 's orchard
And the secrets of New York midnights
Black is for
All the people I have loved and left
And you, who painted for me
The unending colour of our universe
