Red

The color of love, romance, and connection.

My heart beats red,

Your heart beats redder,

Any other difference between us it in our head,

Race, religion, gender, doesn’t matter,

Those are surficial issues and are nothing to dread,

Please, look a little deeper,

Past clothes that sit on skin, and muscles spread,

Across bones and you will see everyone is connected not scattered,

Veins, arteries, and capillaries fill us like garnet thread,

Blood transports our emotions like lust and anger,

That is how our hearts are fed,

That is how certainty turns into something better,

Because you want to share a bed,

Because I want to send a love letter,

You will have silk sheets threaded with maroons, crimsons, and every shade of red,

While I have ruby ink pens scribbling on rose petal paper,

All shades of red,

Outlining us together.

Reviews

[emipoemi]

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That is the sound of speechlessness! wow! Blue was wonderful! Red is divine! The "not scattered" line is a little too wordy for the musicality (my suggestion is to contract and desyllabify a couple of words.....for example to write something like this: "Across bones, and you'll see we're connected, not scattered). This is otherwise....wow! Well structured, well strung.....well freaking done! Much enjoyed this one!

[ellen]

I much enjoyed your comments! I definitely noticed the musicality of this piece too. Thank you for your kind comments and everything!

[emipoemi]

my pleasure.

[McEltic]

An interesting twist on expectations... well crafted

[ellen]

Thanks you!