Ardent Red

You cannot let go, cannot forget Everything in the night However easy it may seem Smother a star and stay beneath the eyelids Smother too the bitter moon with a cloud Ardent red, colour my silence Ardent red, on a smile that died Ardent red, to hide my pain In the night I lose myself With the night I forgive you I hide you beneath the ribs that hurt With the bitter moon When everything I desire is ardent red I don’t want to lose you to the world outside Remain unchanged- unquenchable red