Red Lips

A symbolism/psychological heavy piece.

Thin red lips stretched in a smile

The brows are frowning but the eyes are dead

Yet the lips form a smile, thin red lines in the night

A shadow of a smile, red lips and pearls

 

A checkered floor of glass and gold

She stands alone ‘tween pillars of old

The Eye watches over a Sword in its wake

To pierce the oval in the space it creates

 

The two pillars holding up the skies

A gateway to the pyramid where evil men lie

Baptized in black oil, she calls to it

A three way prison where black blood boils

A woman smeared in unholy oil

 

The gateway to eternity to power and wealth

Sell your soul only if it’s worth the price

Make the call the bargain is struck

To stand tall against the rain

 

Make the call the bargain is struck!

Pride, fame, fortune and all of fate

Theirs for the taking our lives for the World

A secret lives in our minds

 

Through a tunnel we see the world

We are blocked from the shadow that looms

They hide in the open and spin the tales

Subverting our minds through poetry in flesh

Poetry in verse and poetry in motion

 

When the hammer falls and the bell rings true

All we know will turn to gloom

The world will fall and Man will die

Except those that live to be ruled

Reviews

[shallimarRose]

Heavy is right.. At first I thought it was about someone who had passed on . Perhaps in the funeral home..a relative or maybe friend.. "Thin red lips stretched in a smile
The brows are frowning but the eyes are dead" "The two pillars holding up the skies" The canapy keeping the mourners from the dreary rain...

As I read on I feel the rich symbolism as it pertains to life and death and perhaps in the final line a hint of Armageddon... Very powerful piece.. I am glad I opened this one.. The title is deceiving.. I expected some sort of love poem or perhaps a style of erotica... Well written piece.. shallimarRose

[Christopher Angel]

Yes, everything from the title to the words were meant to be deceptive and you are absolutely right about the symbolism in place although I daresay its true meaning is far darker than Armageddon but I shan't spoil it for you.

I'm happy you liked it, I really am. This was one of the first few poems I chose to write in this particular style and it's good to know my experimental gamble paid of!

[Young and curious]

Beautiful. Strange, unique, and very perceptive.

[Christopher Angel]

thank you for reading!