RED

The colour is RED (lyrics)

My soul is RED

my spirit, forever RED,

look at my clothes...

 RED

my aura....injured

eyes...RED

your knuckles...BLOOD RED

the butcher's laugh...

 RED

my shoes, RED

you slowly enter my room

quickly flicking the switch...

RED light...ON

you're familiar

with my room

you crawl on your knees

and shake my bed

I look outside

my bedroom window

the entire sky...

turned RED

I can see

your poison glowing

as it creeps

across my soul

welcome to 

the freak show

of golden abuse

I remain silent

in my fleshly tomb

Author's Note

RED

Reviews

[Rhia Barton]

I love the use of red as the dark colour, rather than your typical black or something. I also like the structure and the creepy imagery of 'crawl[ing] on your knees and shake my bed'. Makes it seem like a freaky creature. Very nicely done.

[Rob Santana]

Thank you very much Rhia. I appreciate your read and review. I'm glad you liked it.

[ANTO]

Paints the obsessive need of the addict - only one thing on the mind until Golden brown releases the rest of the colour spectrum again.
Great writing Rob and skillfully done.

[Rob Santana]

Interesting interpretation of this piece Anto. I like it, I like a lot. Thank you very much my friend.

[ANTO]

YVW Rob :)) ...........

[Ghost of Jupiter]

Chilling words painted in red... Deep meaning here spelled out creatively with amazing images. It is nice to be reading your work again. :) let's see if you remember the delete button now...lol

[Rob Santana]

Hahaha haha cut it.....thanks for stopping by. I've missed you....

[Ghost of Jupiter]

Hahaa, ah I have missed the cut it... And you too. Thanks for being cool upon my return. Was a little intoxicated last night and had a moment of weakness haha.

[Rob Santana]

I saw that.......I sat back and laughed. ....

[Ghost of Jupiter]

Shut it!! Lol

[Rob Santana]

Let me guess, you went to the beaver liquor and got a bottle of whiskey! Hahaha

[Ghost of Jupiter]

Hahaha no but that would have been funny. I had vodka....lots of it. Got it at the regular liquor store... No beaver lickers...opps I mean liquor lmao

[Jaybam]

Nice flow bro. deep wording..

[Rob Santana]

Thanks bro.

[Wayne Rockmore]

I had to read this one a couple of times. It is an intense read. Very powerful. Red has such a potent symbolic value that is wrung to its fullest ripeness in this poem. Very strong stuff. I love its short, rat-tat-tat rhythm. I thought it was quite effective. Excellent poem!

[Rob Santana]

Yeah the colour RED speaks volumes. Awesome review thanks Wayne.

[Layi Tate]

Very Deep!
I enjoyed the read :)

[Rob Santana]

Thank you very much Layi.

[Afraa]

Very surreal poetry here. I have a thing for the color red. Red is very easy to write about, because the color itself symbolizes a lot. I myself have considered writing a poem about it, but after reading this, damn, I won't have anything better to say! Haha!

Rock on, Rob!

[Rob Santana]

Oh no don't say that!! Go for it right one I would love to see what you come up with. Rockin' on, hahahaha

[Afraa]

I am currently working on a few things right now. I will definitely write a red poem in the near future. Thanks for the inspiration!

[Rob Santana]

Yup-yup, I look forward to reading more of your work..

[Sami Khalil]

A powerful color and poem indeed. Creepy to say the least...:)............

[Rob Santana]

Thank you very much Sami.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome, sir...:)..................

[Lizzie Mitchell]

hmmmmmmmmmmmm... terrifying

[Rob Santana]

hmmmmmmmmmmmm????? thanks for stopping by :)

[KeeD]

These lyrics scream intensity. I picture being thrown around in images but each time its flushed by a room full of blood. Red feels consuming, it makes me feel involuntarily volunteering myself to it. I felt like the color Red had a variety of characters and each containing certain emotions. Very controlling, thrilling and intense, I liked it a lot, I enjoy the splash of red on your words brother..brutal lyrics.

[Rob Santana]

Right right. Glad you enjoyed it bro. I can actually use some eyedrops for ma red eye's yo....haha. I'll be stopping by your profile, so if you see a dark shadow roaming around it's only me. Don't be alarmed.