I am Red

I pump through your veins
And I am the very thing that took away your pain

In the form of health, I resemble your heart

In no way will I ever, from thee, part

Love

A single gift sent down

With out a single sound

It is all around

In our home

It is clearly shown

When I was shed

I saved you from death

And a life spent

In the very depths

And still

I am Hell

And the place where the fallen have fell

And have no longer have a voice to cry for help

But yet if you choose

The purest blood

All you may see is enough

To overcome

The grave
I am Red
I consume

Homes and forests and souls

And you may never know

The reasons I choose to go

Through what I do

Is make you

A fresh and a new

And you will not then be

Who you now see

I am Red

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By Russell Banks