The Leading Edge In Red

. crimson nights crimson rains medieval trees casting shadows across a toxic romance clocked upside the head . crimson nights crimson rains a shock wave of screaming in the night and no one came running no one calling the cops not even the cop's wife next door . crimson nights crimson rains cop's wife calling the next morning saying she had heard and you should call somebody for help just another kind of crimson shock wave compassion being just a silent eavesdropper sitting by . crimson nights crimson rains after the room is wiped down, life is lived in an upside down kingdom that makes little sense but they said you made your bed so lie in it . The leading edge in red and the trailing edge in blue desperate hand on the phone shock waves in the night a loud "crack" a snapping noise the leftovers of his violence . Those were the nights the dark crimson nights when crimson reigned and rained supreme and cast dark shadows across a toxic romance .......... obituary on page 24 . . ~~~~~~©2019 Susan Williams