𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗬: “All the Red Dahlias and My Mobled Peace” by Darein P. Catchillar

 

Category: Poetry

Theme: Self-Preservation

Look me in the eye, recreant!

Accouter the kind you and play it:

Do not be horrowed by my presence—

I am a lovely white daisy.

Your insisture is a rotten rage!

Make it seem like you don't pule:

Do not speak of madness—

I am nothing like a magnifico.

Mouth all your odious narratives!

Face me and scream it:

Do not illume with my roses—

I am a scathful intellect.

Anatomize all your threats!

Step forward and slit my throat:

Do not mortify your pettiness—

I am nothing like your gallowed prose.

You do not accite me with your silent aversion,

You do not fob me with your loud kindness:

My soul is fain to show you what you are—

But mickle is the powerful peace that I will always protect. 

Painting: Red Dahlia (1670) by Abraham Mignon

Published by: Alfred Luis Armando

Time published: 10:56 am

Date published: June 09, 2023