Red is for the way I love you.

my mom likes red flowers

says it gives her power

the power to say that she has an impact

that she isn’t just part of a legacy

but creates a legacy

A legacy in this mind

Is something that we are

Good and royal to

The land, the world we on

So much has taken the identity of my mum

That when she sees

Wears red

She sees power

when all it is

Blood that shimmers

In the sea of capitalism

so here we are

Getting nose deep

In the scent trails

Of RED

Red does not smell sickly

Red does not signify the spiritual rot

Red does not feel like it doesn’t belong.

Red doesn’t understand that they cannot belong as they are.

Red red red

Power

Earned and unearned

Red

Means blood to me.

Red means pain to me.

Red means greed to me

Red is

Red.

Red colors the way

I thought I could see the light.

Red is in what I produce

Red is what clings.

Red is the way I see the dead.

When she sees RED

she thinks POWER

she thinks POWER

is a man by herside

to protect the home

When I think of POWER

i think of all of us

feel it in our bones

that we are never alone

so i look at her

and i ask her

but haven't the men

we loved

left us all alone

and in their absence

have we not grown wider

and taller than what we thought was possible?

she tells me

she is powerful now

because of us

she sees our strength

she sees our contributions

as her own

she sees a longer legacy

and future than she thought possible

so yes, my mother wears red

she tells us it's a lucky color

she sees how red i get

when i kiss my partner

she sees how in that blush

how alive i truly am now

she sees me smile

she sees the shadows in my eyes disappear

and she swears red is a lucky color

and she tells me over and over again

how lucky i am to find love

and even as i see red as all those we've lost

to wars pillaged on our homes near and abroad

she sees red as me finding someone

who makes me fight for a world

that is a bold yellow sunflower.

i love you in red

she tells me

i love you in red

as she hands me a red envelope

and tells me now that i'm married now

it's my turn now

i see you

she tells me

i love you

she tells me

i do not fear anymore

she shows me

and maybe

just maybe

i can understand why she likes the color RED.

happy mother's day

i see you too.