crimson
(the scenery)

the lovers have gone
(fled to the hills--------

in the battle of wills
DEATH has won)

& do you still CLAIM
to know me?

do you still seek in the dank alleys
remnant memories
that have been kidnapped and *****
and tossed aside?

do you still BOTHER to be alive?

is our petty existence LIFE?

_

the crimson flood

the errant child

wait too long to live
and you die

now is the time

(your only time)