What is Red?

Searching for the meaning of this color

 

What is Red?

 

Is it a mere color?

A thistle of a fire,

stoking to a rich flame,

harping with passion,

escaping

into the elasticity of air.

 

An apple,

firm,

in a tight wrap,

compressing all its

juices towards the center

of its pod, with desires

and hopes, to explode

through the crafty

web of fibers,

splashing you taste buds.

 

A tomato,

soft, squishy,

tangy not sweet,

lost in a world

of fruits and vegetables,

wondering if it belongs...

who’s color

is the most influential

of the red family.

 

A rose,

a respectable flower,

with pedals dripping

of natural 

red ink,

opening and closing

while sending messages

towards the heavens…

come, sniff me,

see me,

feel my color

and let it flow

through you.

 

For a blind person

cannot see this

color we call red,

without words of

magic, to share

the buoyancy of heat,

rolling sweetness

and tangy sauce…

but most of all,

the beauty, transcending

in a fine fragrant,

evaporates from a petal

 

the message is received,

red is a color,

intended

just for me.

Reviews

[Katy Otto]

You are very talented at what you do.
Awesome imagery.

[Wildfleour]

Red is definitely your color, Ralphy. I'm more of an amber/liquid gold. :)

[Jessica Fox]

Red is the color of passion. LOL and now I want to go listen to Aerosmith's Pink Good poem