RIFKAH GOLDBERG

STEALING A LINE Never borrowed a line before But a world away Seems Paul Auster Unwittingly wrote about me His "consolation of colour" Is the story of my life Through all my searchings Color has always been there Since my earliest days I have been asking How to communicate the colour Persisting through joy and gloom To pass on the comfort Of a burning yellow sunshade Flowers in unlikely blues Combined with an infinity of greens Can I open up the world's eyes To the balm of colour Patiently taking me by the hand Across the dark inner valley of my soul? October 2001