Why a Red Dress?

With bitter disappointment breaking me To shards of hopeless thoughts, I feel dismayed. I cannot shed your power or be free When like a deck of cards I’m played The game is wrong because you won’t play fair I lose each time I hope to gain the hand Because you bluff me with the smile […]

The weather cold intrudes my skin, my soul. My hands stay closed, too stiff to start a fire. Regretting choice, the pity mine is full, But life is right! Survival’s my desire. I stretch my limbs, I fight the bitter ice. My heart pumps blood and strengthens weakened hands. I strive for life, to escape […]

Her soviet nature echoes over walls From deep inside, where yet he’s not allowed. He stands in bitter cold beneath the shroud, The shadows weaken hope; and yet he calls. In warm emotion a new cold war begins Their closeness hindered; both dare not offend. In rigid peace they talk, they share, they bend, As […]