Red

Little red jewels my skin bejewel.                            

 

It was only reasonable, you see--           

(And Reason is not at all against me!)--               

To call that rhythmic beat cruel,      

Beating me though I didn’t agree                          

To its cruel duel declared against me.                  

It defeated me with its callous rule                       

And reduced me to little worth--                          

So on and so forth.               

 

For days, and months, and years abound            

I suffered its resounding thumps and pounds.   

Their rhythm was so instinctual                              

That though at first I naturally found                                    

Myself mad from its incessant sounds                  

Pounding me and crowning me a fool,                 

I slowly but surely gained hope and mirth--       

So on and so forth.               

 

(Crimson red jewels my skin bejewel.)   

 

It was thus but a matter of time       

Before among dissonance I found rhyme             

And ceased to deem the incessant beats cruel. 

I came to the conclusion so sublime                      

That everyone else suffered the same “crime”

And that this madness of mine is the rule,          

That littered with suffering is the Earth--           

So on and so forth.               

 

Such pang I felt for my neighbor’s plight                            

Whom I love so much I was forced to fight         

For his right to be free of all things cruel.            

I did the same as my heart did me right:                            

My hand embraced my neighbor’s neck tight    

And pounded his head till came a red pool         

To send him to a place more just than Earth-- 

So on and so forth.               

 

Little red jewels my skin bejewel.

Author's Note

Please give me an honest critique. Thank you!

Reviews

[Wicahpi]

This is so far my favorite!
Powerful thoughts from pen to paper.
Or is that mind to white now surely stained red?
Well done! I applaud you.

[Garrett Leatherman]

Thank you :)