A Prayer to Red
May. 12th, 2011 02:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hearth_tottI call to Red, fire of life, fire of passion,
fire of fury, fire that burns bright, burns hot, that sears
the soul. All must be full, all must be whole, all must
be bright, and sharp, and harsh, and deep, all must be all.
To scream to the sky, to sing to the sea, you call
to the world to see itself as you do. Fire of love,
your glance ignites us, your breath scalds our skin,
your touch brands us as yours. Without your flame
we wither, without your heat we soon grow cold.
Many-splendored Red of the light and of the dark,
you are rage, you are pleasure, you are the firestorm,
you are the soul of the artist and the lover.
fire of fury, fire that burns bright, burns hot, that sears
the soul. All must be full, all must be whole, all must
be bright, and sharp, and harsh, and deep, all must be all.
To scream to the sky, to sing to the sea, you call
to the world to see itself as you do. Fire of love,
your glance ignites us, your breath scalds our skin,
your touch brands us as yours. Without your flame
we wither, without your heat we soon grow cold.
Many-splendored Red of the light and of the dark,
you are rage, you are pleasure, you are the firestorm,
you are the soul of the artist and the lover.
Wow!
Date: 2011-05-12 07:42 am (UTC)Re: Wow!
Date: 2011-05-12 06:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-12 06:26 pm (UTC)I have written a series of novels about 12 colors - see here - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0977418189/ref=cm_pdp_rev_itm_img_1
and would LOVE to use some of the poems in future volumes -
you can email me at essielittleflame at cox.net
and see my website esmereldalittleflame.com
if interested :-)
Blessings, Gemma "ELF"
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Date: 2011-05-12 06:31 pm (UTC)Just a note by the way - yes, I wanted the genders for each color to be something each person can work with as suits them - to see a Lady instead of a Lord Silver is just as valid. To see Silver as a silver bird is just as valid. I give them form, but want the readers to find their own best and closest connection.
:-)
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Date: 2011-05-12 06:59 pm (UTC)I'm so glad to hear you confirm the impression I had gotten--after reading the second book where the experiences are so different, I'd thought that might be the case, but I also wondered whether there would be a gendered connection made in a later book that would turn out to be essential (since of course I don't know what you have in mind for future volumes).
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Date: 2011-05-12 07:19 pm (UTC)Hmm...
Date: 2011-05-12 07:03 pm (UTC)Re: Hmm...
Date: 2011-05-12 09:18 pm (UTC)Re: Hmm...
Date: 2011-05-13 01:30 am (UTC)