Quote:
Red
Some people think I'm dormant
but there's a fire inside,
sometimes it's hot and seething,
and sometimes hard to hide.
Usually it comes in a flash
and just as quickly gone,
but when I am embarrassed,
it just goes on and on.
They love to point it out to me,
as if I cannot feel it,
that burning that comes from within
might be God's fiery pit.
To think I'm carrying hell around,
a scary thought, indeed,
so do not try to make me blush
this warning you should heed.
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And because red is my favorite color, I'd like to write another.
Red
At winter's end, many seasons ago, I found it,
there among the stretched and marked and rejected,
the love of my life, the warmth of my bitter cold days,
like a walking fireside chat, a cup of steaming tea,
a stand-in for a lover's embrace, steaming hot
mashed potatoes and gravy, a purring cat on my lap,
with two arms and a simple sash for easy ins and outs,
my robe, my red robe, my long fleece red robe.