How red a delicate rose is.
Thrown onto a coffin before it is lowered
And like the blush of the girl you love
Maroon as blood after it’s dried
What does it look like on cracked lips
After whispering a secret in the dark?
Crimson like a hot coal in a fireplace
In the home of a family that lies
And pretends to live in sanity
Ruby like the necklace he gave her
Before he asked her to belong to h...