Swelling Love For Purple

By Edvelyn Lee

Purple is my favourite colour

It resonated with me the moment I laid my eyes on it 

Whilst colouring the picture books, 

it was just a pretty violet 

the same violet in the rainbows after a storm 

Whilst choosing my mechanical pencil, 

it was in due time I knew what this indigo symbolises

loyalty & royalty 

a reflection of who I wanted to embody

Whilst coming of age to present, 

it was also the attaching strings and stings of bruises 

a haunting gut feeling of growth 

Whilst crafting the vision board, 

it is the gentle hue and efflorescing lilac

the same kind of effervescence of spring in seasons of a book 

Perhaps I knew I loved purple

in all beauty it can be, 

building me, a budding wisteria  

blooming memories, a blossoming lavender

By Edvelyn Lee