The Scarlet and the Black

THIS POEM IS NOT PRESENTED AS I INTENDED (ie. DOUBLE SPACED).

THIS HAS BEEN DONE BY PERSONS BEYOND MY CONTROL

THUS DIMINISHING THE READING EXPERIENCE.

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Blood red blooms with foliage green,

Dancing, bowing in the air.

Paint an image so serene

The sweetest scarlet lady fair.

Meadows, fields of floral show

To the landscape, briefly lent;

Come to me where here I grow ~

Lie with me amongst my scent.

Blood red blooms in golden light

Smiling skyward t'ward the blue;

Morning comes with evening's flight

As sunbeams start the day anew.

Gaze on me, peruse my poise,

Enjoy my sanguine, wooing charm;

Hear me sing, consume my noise ~

Lie with me amongst the calm.

Blood red blooms, as crisp as crêpe,

In proudly blazed eccentric rows;

Form their rouge unbounded drape

Where their seed chose to appose.

Here within a rural sea

Swimming, floating as a shoal;

Immerse your being, set you free ~

Lie with me and bathe your soul.

Blood red blooms of poppies gay,

Battling in a wind so strong;

Sent to blow them all away

And sweep their countenance along.

Blood red hues ~ now black as hell,

The winds of war have caused them weep;

Stay you here, this field you fell ~

Lie with me and soundly sleep

                                       ASJ