Red Lipstick
Every day Putting on bright red lipstick
Smiling a scarlet
smile Blood
Red As red
As blood
Seeping through
The broken heart Smile that
Covers Heart
Break
That covers fear
That Fools the
face That
Smiles back
Smile
Signifying
“All is well”
Covering the unsaid.
This was written in response to the micro-essays by Jan Hudfield in Poetry Review Spring 2013.
And today is dVerse open link night 95 so I'm hoping to catch it in the pub before the doors close!!
and the mag is up as well and looks good this week
And today is dVerse open link night 95 so I'm hoping to catch it in the pub before the doors close!!
and the mag is up as well and looks good this week
( The pic has been edited by me but I'm not sure who it was taken by...if I did I would give them credit.....!)
