Inky Bordeaux ...‏

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ips tinged in brutal red slur

   smoky embers escape jaw's release

      tainted and stained of foretime 

    bone crush'd sanction'd coerced heart

    redemption's blue transfusion blown,

         poisoned from the inside out bottle

     acquiescence never soberly perused/ 

 

     pen'd scriptures in Bordeaux's inkfall

        bled out through foreign vein decay,

   twist'd animosity's perpetual blood expense

Author's Note

captcha~engrain

Reviews

[Tai Ryens]

You provide so many illustrations through your poetry that the picture you chose to enhance the poem doesn't hold a torch to the wonder of your words. Cigarette smoking, and the tale of a broken person so shattered that they feel only smoke could cure the emptiness that is air... Well done,

[Frieda P]

You're much too kind Tai, thanks muchly my friend.

[A. Amos]

Brutal red slur....hmmm interesting piece of work my dear friend, as always enjoyed the read

[Frieda P]

Thanks A, appreciate your kind words.

[Avinash]

Few often we all want to disappear into smoke. Not that easy not that great but we all try. Reminds me of the days when I was deep into it. A very smokey write. :)

[Frieda P]

Ha perfect, thanks so much Avinash. ;-)

[redflutterby]

I see I'm not the only one with a dark mind tonight... must be something in the air. This cast a spell on me...haunting in its tragic notes. Sigh...xo

[Frieda P]

If we combined the two, we'd have a dark torturous party mix, thanks muchly Red. xo

[redzone]

Brutal red slur.. tinged and twisted perpetual blood expense.. don't know for sure Frieda but that seems like a way too high a price to pay... but then on the dark side everything is too expensive.. good thing you don't live in NYC redemption is simply unaffordable. So does the title mean you write using your own blood. How ironic, don't know what music you embedded here, but at the cafe Evanescense's "My Immortal" is playing as I type... anyway loved your poem Frieda..~redzone

[Frieda P]

Ha pretty much the same in joisey curt...I only use blood in my darkly color'd ones. ;-) Perfect background music. Thanks muchly.

[Lyn Anderson]

Beauty in the dark for sure, and once again, not seeing anything I need to call your attention to.

[Frieda P]

Woo on both counts, made me smile, thanks KL!

[Raymond Federle]

Oh my! Luv this one! You dark side always excels and never fails to deliver! :)

[Frieda P]

Ha you do love the dark Raymond, dontcha? Thanks so much ;-)