Sir Vermilion of Cinnabar is at the Door
Do you have a calling card?
Kindly drop it in the dish
What occasion brings you here
Is there something that you wish?
Hard for me to see your face
Your cloak enwraps you wholly
Step into the light a bit
Please speak so I may know thee…
I am Sir Vermilion
I am here from Cinnabar
Straight to the House of Shadows
Alchemy commands me far
To stand here in your doorway
In the sun of burning rays
Seeking too the heat of love
Upon your beguiling gaze
This mix complete, I confess
I have come for one thing true
It could not be done alone
Your shadows drew me to you
In my purse is quicksilver
Mixed with sulpher to complete
Without my cape you will see
why destiny had us meet
I need your will to be mine
My calling card is fire
And yours is love so devine
Abundance spills desire
Into the caldron’s rapture
Until the Red Smoke rises
Signifying surrender
Red is my only defense
As to why you are absorbed
By this heat of fiery blend
With a stranger by your side
Without warning for this end
Yet you will soon learn of light
Hues of Red reality
And now Vermilion gives
us both Immortality
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Wow! Ann this is amazing. Where are you finding the time to produce like this?
Is this your Red period?
My favorite line: My calling card is fire
Thank you Deanna–I have been working on this for the last couple of days–I really have no distance on it, so I very much appreciate your comments. I have been thinking about colors and how they were made in the past. Thanks for reading this one!
Reminds me of the FIRE I felt when Mick ran out on stage and of course in my dreams of seeing PRINCE there is such a hot beat in this piece reminds of my love of Santana’s SMOOTH!!! Such rhythm and imagery thanks Ann!!! I AM SO PROUD OF YOU!!!
Thank you for these comments Darlene! I love how you ran to the all-consuming fires of love that you have for Mick, Prince and Santana!…I can see the parallel with surrendering to the haunting Sir Vermilion who shows up in full radiance to bond with us for immortality! Thanks for sharing your responses and for your support!
Very nice.
I love the vibrant reds in this poem and your effortless rhyme scheme that flows so well with your story! Excellent job, this was such a fun, fantastical read!