THE BLACK CRAYON Once upon a time there was a girl named Gold. Her eyes like bright sapphires her cheeks like blossoms red and bold. Gold had a box of crayons. With which she painted dusks and dawns. Colouring mornings bright golden with crayon yellow and with green crayons sketching blades of grass, soothing mellow… With her box of crayons Gold coloured the sky and the bluebells, Lost in the sketchbook of her life Gold carved herself a sparkling rainbow shell, Reds of roses, and pinks of sunsets, orange of marigolds, and creamy white of jasmines, Oceans of emerald blues dripping from her dance As she played with winds, fire, moon and earth’s skin With a palette full of sparkles and colours, She painted her laughter and playfulness Until one day, when she came across a crayon the black crayon, As she picked it up, and scrubbed it against her sketchbook’s paper, her laughter turned...