Red or Dead?

And all I was left with was the sound of the raindrops tapping on the window… he drew a heart over the damp glass with his cold fingertip, but it was pointless… his love had withered over the years… My heart burned with a fire red; but his fire seemed to have gone dead… and yet, a part of me kept on hoping

 

Photo taken for the Flickristi February competition themed: Red or Dead

 

I thought of adding this song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSdTjKfOlqA&feature=relatedto the image since it’s what triggered the emotion I felt here... and no worries, I'm ok =) just a sensitive wannabe-writer

 

The lyrics are just... beyond poetry...:

 

Are you there?

is it wonderful to know

all the ghosts...

all the ghosts...

freak my selfish out

my mind is happy

need to learn to let it go

I know you'd do no harm to me

 

but since you've been gone I've been lost inside

tried and failed as we walked by the riverside

and I wish you could see the love in her eyes

the best friend that eluded you lost in time

burned alive in the heat of a grieving mind

 

but what can I say now?

it couldn't be more wrong

cos there's no one there

unmistakably lost and without a care

did we lose all the love that we could have shared

and its wearing me down

and its turning me round

and I can't find a way

now to find it out

where are you when I need you...

 

are you there?

 

Done