
Lavender I Colored My World
by Harry L. Le Fever
lavender boys, lavender girls
lavender eyes, lavender curls
lavender dogs, lavender cats
lavender bugs, including gnats
lavender clouds, lavender skies
lavender anything that flies
lavender ships, lavender fish
lavender love, lavender wish
lavender hills, lavender trees
lavender spring and summer breeze
lavender leaves before the fall
lavender sleet, the raven’s call
lavender cows, lavender sheep
lavender fields in winter sleep
then i tried a lavender school
i learned just how i’d been the fool
the clouds are white, the sky is blue
what I had thought couldn’t be true
the city is puce, the grass is green
milk is chalky and cream is cream
monday is grey and sunday brown
and up is high and low is down
the night is black, the sun is red
the same old thing until I’m dead
i wandered and warred, sweat and swore
i almost lost my sight before
lavender ladies colored my life
lavender daughters, lavender wife