under the red sun

(c) 2011-2012 'Safira B'

the sky bleeds red
you just dig, dig. digging.
seeds of doubt planting
firmly. am I safe in my bed?

grain just won’t grow in this soil
watered by your tears of toil.

* Collectivisation, the agricultural 'reforms' introduced in the USSR by Josef Stalin

modern warfare

(c) 2011-2012 'Safira B'

war drives in on his red classic car
maybe, streaked with yellow
scythes and lust and greed.

he turns to you, raises a fist;
if you don’t do this, i’ll hit you. i will.

and you look him in the eye
nuclear green and dollar imperialist that you are

i’ll hit you back.

black, blue, lies and truth.
war is that older boyfriend
when you’re seventeen.

never again, you think.
come back, i guess i didn’t know
my own strength, i need you.

so you drive back
in a red classic car
maybe, streaked with blue
and white and a dream.

* the Cold War, and its perpetrators. 

devil red

(c) 2011-2012 'Safira B'



claw at doors
smoke winds
collapse on floors
gas binds

to red blood
devil red
your blue eyes flood
the deathbed.

* RIP all those needlessly murdered during the purges within Nazi Germany.