Red


The thin red line.

Read line.


Can you read what

I am saying

When I cut?


Red is . . .

a power color

the color of communism

the color of shame

the color the wind and cold

paints on your face

when you have stayed outside

too long.


Red is . . .

What I need

What I want

What will make me whole.


Whole or hole?

Am I complete

or is there

An empty space

within me?


Am I letting something out

Or letting something in?