. Poetry from The Great In-Between: The Crimson Queen

Sunday, December 3, 2023

The Crimson Queen

 


Hidden here

In this ever-cold 


Growing Darkness

I wait


I

The

Crimson Queen


Sending flames 

Of Hope 


Like floating leaves


Downwind

By moonlight


To those needing

Them

To cope


By running their fingertips


Up and down their

Naked skin


As the leaves land

Melt and merge

Within 


While I watch

From my midnight gate. 


Will you surrender to my flames


If I called your name


To purge all you hate

Before it's too late


(C)

Copyright John Duffy


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