A Prayer to Red

[hearth_tott]

I 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.

Comments

Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith]

This is lovely and elegant. I like your color series.

[elfinecstasy]

So beautiful.
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"

Hmm...

[ysabetwordsmith]

My partner Doug pointed out a glitch in this: the poem is about "red" but one reference is "white-hot," which is a different color. You may want to revise that to some descriptions of "cherry" which is another of the standard colors recognized in smithcraft.