Red Eyes, Keening

By Kieran Daly

Red lives, absent meaning.

Red youth, life claimed.

Red victim, who to blame?

Red pen, yellowed page.

Red ink, boyish age.

Red boy’s blue life.

Red boy’s scarlet knife.

Red release from fears.

Red days define the years.

Red mothers, blue hearts.

Red pieces, broken parts.

Red justice for the pallid dead.

Red kisses on blue head.

Red sufferance endured no more.

Red opens the boundless door.