"FACINGFACES 2002 - 04" SELECTED POETRY (Part 2)

Crimson Petal

A song and a dance
and a softly
oozing cut
because
she's had all the beauty
that she can stand.

"Let me love you"

(smile)

So graceful -
her hands placed
at the side of her
face

"It's you that I want"

(bleed)

A touch
so soft it's barely felt
her need to bleed
her only saving grace

"I needed to see your face, one last time"

(smile)

A disappearing
phantom embrace
that once had gripped her
lost to the puddle lain
beneath

"You're perfect."

(bleed)

A crimson petal
lay beside her
warming her
soothing her

"Your body is perfect"

(smile)

beauty cultivated
in a smile
she rests her curls
on her bed
one last time
letting the last of the beauty
that was within her
drain onto the sheet beneath

irony swept to her
in the perfect flower
of red
that bloomed there in.

© Marie Huskey - Usa