Anger

Let not the red fire of anger destroy
What has taken a lifetime to build
Let it not consume in seconds
What has been growing for months
Pull back before words
Run away into actions
Swiftly carried
Beyond their limits
And what cannot be mended
Is broken by red-misted deed

Oh what terror patrols
A fevered, delusioned mind
Tearing away knowlege
And replacing it with uncertainty

Red of anger
Green of jealousy's curse
Explosive in their combination
Destroyers of trust
Taunting devils of love's peace
Sacrificing all
In their blinkered march
Jealousy the strength that wields
The bloody axe of anger
All seen through red haze
That turns beauty sour
Striking blade
To cut through time's bond
Through love
To banish
What once
Was forever


Terry Rhiannyr (Terry Reader)
December 2012