i am red
fire engine red
flame red
full of desire
a plump passionate
purple red pomegranate
i am rock hard red lava clay
older than dirt
porous from heat
and aloneness
blood red
devoid of blue
water sky river sea
a phoenix without the ashes
without the heat
without the fiery sun
frozen corpuscles
red
blue
purple
none of the above
a colored paradox
i am red
i am blue
i am undecided
ambivalent
my own knight
in shining armor
my garment dyed
with the berries
of the forest
red
green
black
all of the above
below the red
smolders
the still unbidden
flames of desire
i must breathe
life into the embers
fire into my soul
longing into reality
red to gold
Pattra Burnetto Monroe Sept 2000
