04-09-2024, 06:14 AM
The Red and the White
The two lived always in each other’s shadows
as if one dual-colored entity–
one scarlet, one clear-white as frosted windows–
formed, with their mother, seamless trinity.
Like roses in their garden these young women
shared each adventure, bear and dwarf alike,
until, good-hearted natures interwoven,
they married their two princes: spare and strike!
What did the two think of each other’s color,
rose-red, snow-white against their mother’s gray?
They did not brood on choler or on pallor–
just lived their lives, impulsive, sweet, and gay.
The two lived always in each other’s shadows
as if one dual-colored entity–
one scarlet, one clear-white as frosted windows–
formed, with their mother, seamless trinity.
Like roses in their garden these young women
shared each adventure, bear and dwarf alike,
until, good-hearted natures interwoven,
they married their two princes: spare and strike!
What did the two think of each other’s color,
rose-red, snow-white against their mother’s gray?
They did not brood on choler or on pallor–
just lived their lives, impulsive, sweet, and gay.
Non-practicing atheist