roadkill red

(07/07/22)

ignored.

save for pity.

frivolous to those rushing past.

a Following

the living concern themselves not

with what it was,

what it looked like,

or how it behaved

only it's death,

and lack of future being.

the rugged red

that screams of should-have-seen-it-coming's.

the rotten ruby

that fills your nose with what-could-have-been's.

the bittersweet raspberry

taste of remember-when's and i-miss-the-time's.

roadkill presents no concrete image.

only existing in imagination,

as it is impossible to remember something

that was never seen alive.