Red

This isn't really a poem, but a song lyric I just wrote. While I don't usually see much point in posting lyrics to songs I haven't recorded, I liked this one enough to share it. It's about someone (obviously), but I wonder if people will know who (although there's at least one rather obvious hint)?

you grew up so beautiful

but how could you not

with the friends you had with you

and the strength in your soul

I loved you, you know

my red-haired wonder

your eyes, your shy smile

and the strength in your soul

every moment that you had

even broken, even bad

I watched with eyes wide

I lived by your side

never able to touch

though I loved you so much

your spell I could feel

though you were never quite real

I can't imagine the pain

when she was taken from you

but I've seen broken hearts

unleash Hell on this Earth

and you felt our pain

every heartache and sigh

tried to make it end

unleash Hell on this Earth

every moment that you had

even broken, even bad

I watched with eyes wide

I lived by your side

never able to touch

though I loved you so much

bewitched by your spell

standing at the gates of Hell

I stood with you, on the brink

calling demons to end all the pain

all the power in the world was yours

but your world was no longer the same

forgot there's beauty in frailty

a lifetime in one single tear

those tears for a crayon, that shoulder to cry on

know your friends help you live through the fear

and every moment that you had

even broken, even bad

I watched with eyes wide

I lived by your side

never able to touch

though I loved you so much

but your spell remains

I know I'll feel it again

your spell remains

I know I'll feel it again