scarlett

swollen scarlet float a'blush in Rain

virtuously, silently grows the verdant Grain;

a crimson field smiles; petals open, new;

I smile, a child, beneath the swarms of June

Bloom! (your petals still intact, your Song)

I come, disguised as Moon amidst fresh freeze;

my Light doth flicker; soft, scarlet heads weep:

"BeLoved, long we've waited for thy smile;

Thine eyes a'shine with MoonBurst, caught inside;

sweet Rounds: we're grown plush cushions for your Light!

Our sole desire: we thieve away thy pain,

to bounce your aches to Venus' new-borne babe!"

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Venus' cradle embraces thy babe;
Two Cherubs beam Joy - two pure Hearts seem saved;
Softly, sink thee into pillows aglow,
Lit by flamed flowers whose name you don't know

  (oh so well...oh so well...oh so well...

so well you remember now;

you doth know our hold) 

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swelled scarlet eiderdown whispers your name;

"Welcome, dear angel - tis Time you remain"

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one tiny tear shines upon her doll's cheek, as she sinks, 

she succombs,

a porcelain creature without motion;
deeply, she inhales dark scarlet satin-silk songs
she is home, she is gone, she succombs
face flat down,
her lashes are moist in sweet ether-Mourn's dew
down
down
down
into poppies
words hath flown free;

but
"aaahhh," she breathes
in supplication
into red flowers;
into a different Dawn