Red Lips

Color of blood

Fresh blood

Red blood

On my lips

I put it on

I take it off

I like it on

Can’t show it off

Too flashy

Too trashy

I hear in my head

Wipe it off

Pigment on skin

That’s all it is

But when its on

Fear sets in

Alarms in my brain

Painful words

Of a time in the past

Rush back in a flash

Too bold

Too much

I convict myself

I refuse myself

Just a lipstick

Just my lips

Send me to

A shameful end

I throw it away

Into the bin

Red love

Red hate

Into the pile

Of hidden me's