I have heard it said that purple and mauve

stand for  memory,  nostalgia, or loss.

Lavender scented cupboards spring to mind.

 

I know that purple is yellow and blue,

mixed by an artist’s brush

 

Summer skies, cornflowers, sunflowers,

sunshine and bluebells in spring,

daffodils, delphiniums,

bunting across the street,

blue doors in white walls

under an awning that flapped in the wind,

a boat on a tossing sea breeze,

blue ripples across the bay,

a beach ball of summer stripes thrown up to the sun,

the bucket and spade we left behind

on that glowing yellow day

 

Our memories shine in full colour

or age to a lesser thing