Red (To Your Health)

Let's start with red, a warm, intense color

Pull on the lever

Rig the game and reap the coins

Run for the rosy hills

Fall behind as everyone joins

Now dig it in

Let it run

And walk it off

You say "I'm going to gut you"

I hear "We jumped the gun"

Hold up your lenses

And stare deep into the sun

And it hurts 

To see the world

And stand and wait

For the coming crimson

A maze of lights

With walls of sound

You can't be a hero 

With you head in the ground

Stand up straight

Look ahead

Answer the question

And make it loud

Speeding for square one

Please step out of the car

Unlock your cranium

And put the brain in the jar

Reviews

[roarke]

to my health? yikes. lol. I'm not feeling so good....

Interesting concept. Although this can't be achieved with the options on WC. If you were to publish this with the letters in red, make the background paper color a complimentary gray of red. That would keep the red hue but soften it to be easier to read.

I'm all for experimenting. Relating the title, poem message and type color are interesting if all are completely connected. So far, so good. Some might perceive it as too "gimmicky" and dismiss it. Such are the chances artists take.

You have one triplet with the rest quatrains.... (cool poetry jargon eh?) I'm not one for strict poetry form, just look at my haphazard poems, lol. But again some might take umbrage over it. Just some observations. Art is for the artist; for the rest, it's to learn what we didn't know we needed.