In exile she can wear red,
If she chooses.
At home all is black.
Black veils;
Black lines that strike out her words;
The abysmal black terror of another cell.
But still she writes in colour;
Bright, burning colour that knows no bounds
Free to fly wherever fancy takes it.
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