Scarlet

There was blood last night.

It seeped in to my dreams,

Staining my sheets.

I couldn’t stop the blood.

A broken faucet,

Drowning me.

It welled up from inside me.

It flowed all around me.

I draped it across my naked body

Thinking it could save me,

But my gown of scarlet

Betrayed me.

I thrashed in agony

As the silk wound itself around my body

Clinging tighter than second skin,

Enshrouding me

In nightmares

Of scarlet fears .

The bright light of morning

Saw the scarlet fade away.

No evidence

On the pristine sheets,

Only the darkness

Echoing my heart beat.