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Vermillion

Your cruel crimson lips

Blood dripping from your finger tips

My love a shattered work of art

The result of my broken heart

 

Splatters of scarlet hope

Mark the sheets where we eloped

My love a discarded virginity

The result of my mistaken affinity

 

Garnet was the decadent shade

Of the dress that veiled my vestal glade

My love a slippery hemline

The result of my relentless pine

 

The rusty curls on your head

Delivered me willingly into the bed

My love a handful of tangled hair

The result of my wanton affair

 

The flowers he sent were red

Reluctantly, I told him you were dead

My love a half-hearted lie

The result of my wandering eye

 

A ring offered, of ruby and gold

Silver is better, but I was sold

My love a rehearsed song

The result of my doing wrong

 

A burgundy kiss for a charming knight

A wedding of chastity white

My love a perfected role

The result of my injured soul

 

An artificial cherry-flavored ***********

Sloppy second copulation

My love a feigned first

The result of my unquenched thirst

 

The sheet is stained with merlot

Out with the trash, then he will never know

My love a memorized line

The result of my spilled debaucherous wine.

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Written by
valerie-3
Published
Sep 4, 2013
Lines·Words
36·210
Notes

I'm still trying to decide if I want the title to just be "Vermillion" or if I want it to be something like "Vermillion Nevermore"... but, that will have to be figured out later.

And, I'm struggling with whether it should be an artificial cherry-flavored *********** sloppy second copulation or *********** and copulation switched to be: an artificial cherry-flavored copulation, sloppy second pentration. I think I like it how it is, but I will look at it again and probably be able to choose.

I'm also wondering if I can ignore that it is hope--eloped, and not a more fitting rhyme..

Well, I still love it. :)

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