JUDGEMENT AWAITS
BLUE AND RED
by Anthony Andre Douglas
 
In a field of growing headstones
lay young souls who chose not to live
separated from Earth even in death their bones
fill coffins like their lives unable to give
as six feet under the morning dew
awaiting judgement already bled
one is buried in colors of blue
the other is draped in all red
now out the fog of grief and sorrow
those left behind forever go
with both arms full of flowers
to cover the graves of friend and foe
as six feet under the morning dew
awaiting judgement already bled
roses grow above the blue
and so do roses adorn the red
Both headstones weather worn equally
with grave-grass stretching to cover the names
both coffins sealed shut for eternity
since cops and criminals, ceased to be games
and six feet under the morning dew
awaiting judgement already bled
love mixed in tears fall on the blue
as tears mixed in love fall on the red
Yet we search and find some reason
to hate and kill our very own brothers
we are like Cain killing Able 
eachday of each season
over our own perversion of God's basic colors
until six feet under the morning dew
awaiting judgement already bled
You lay holloweyed, decaying in all blue
as Your Brother lay holloweyed, 
decaying in all red

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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