Spirit

The balance between left and right Where guilty extremes grow contrite... Is the spirit a purple thing? As the body copes with aging The veins and skull fill with raging Is the spirit a purple thing? If all stained glass ensnares pure love Fervor, pride belong to faith above Is the spirit a purple thing? A warm softness gives forth the rock And anguish rests upon a block Is your spirit a purple thing? Around the neck every Thursday For the regal head it must stay Is the spirit a purple thing? Your mission to calm and to cure Subverts, mystifies, the allure! Is the spirit a purple thing? Favoured by the young and mourning it bestows a wartime warning Is the spirit a perfect thing?