Red Ribbon and Black Lace

I woke up snuggled next to grace and anonymity this morning

A sleeping prince, my fellow of faith

The light kissing cedar

And a strange Fedora

And me, but it’s not the only one

Refracting prisms of affirmation

That beauty still exists

A penniless, earthbound … love

On the ground and way up high

Who poised pink poisons

And tossed them behind a frazzled couch

To spare me from the terror

That boils and boils to scald my eyes

That bends to break my bones

To burn a pair of severed wings

But I never thought that

This        …. Grace would come

Tattered ribbon would join a wretched lace

6 of black and 5 of red

To form a bond

That spits and smiles at hydrofluoric acid

And kicks it all to hell

So it can flow in harmony

Red Ribbon and Black Lace

What a tragic lesson

But what a beautiful life