you stuck out like a red hat
In a sea of gray
I am
Not allowed to be angry
Because of the season of emotional flu
Nausea for the erasure of truth,
Fever for the dreams that were lazily drawn
With no carefully rendered future taken off a fantasy
Chills for the silence that felt like a scorching treatment of the sun
Headaches for the tears that were ignored
But a languishing realm of art that cripples
For how can you be an artist if you do not suffer? For how can you send out the most catastrophic picture of greed, agony war, love
if you refuse to acknowledge your fellow men in peril
Even men you do not meet
War is at your feet even if you pretend another country’s, neighbor's or friend’s trauma is not your business
You stuck out like a red hat in a sea of black
Waving for your emotional feeding, to indulge in intimate fame, to create something big that only was really small in your heart
Red flags like a beautiful red hat
Bombing me with complex compliments that only served as a way to pull me in
To make sure I was hooked
I ain't hooked on anything
Red hat, fly away to trace someone else’s
Fears.
I just hope that they have sense to not wear it as long as it didn't fit. Even trauma can bond, making you believe in the dumbest bullshit.
About the Creator
Melissa Ingoldsby
I am a published author on Patheos,
I am Bexley by Resurgence Novels
The Half Paper Moon on Golden Storyline Books for Kindle.
My novella The Job and Atonement will be published this year by JMS Books
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Comments (6)
Very nice. Beautiful.
Red hat guilty! But we already knew that.
"Red flags like a beautiful red hat". Heartfelt, beautiful. Incredibly done! 💖
This was so heartbreaking, emotional and deep! Loved your poem so much!
I loved your description of color and imagery here! It brings about political and emotional undertones that add a lot of power to the piece. Great work!
What a wow red hat!