Red

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Red is the color of horror

A scream of slaying blood

An ocean full of drowning

Children in a flood

Red is the color of the sun and fire

A running car in the desert

Impeded by a flat tire

Red is the color of a sunny day shout

Red can be a bright warm day, no doubt

Red can be a day of death

Held underwater without breath

Red is the color of a volcano's lava

A small child's adoration of its mama

Red is the ruler of the earth

And the happiness at birth 

A rose may be the smell of red

Held by widows of the dead

Red can be your memories of being a child

Or the relenting of your heart with a smile

You may connect red with feelings of dread

But when you really take a look, red is just red

11/1/98

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