A little tough to read knowing how old you are. You shouldn’t be drinking or thinking of marriage beds! That aside, it’s a lovely poem and an excellent use of colors and imagery to get your point across and tie the whole thing together.

Being closer to your age I don’t feel the same way as the good doctor.

I love it. And I know the feeling. Or distance or time or fatigue keeping people apart.
But also the red theme. Always reoccurring. And it makes sense. I like the idea of the bridal bed – a supposed first time.

lol…‘supposed’…you know me too well, jae =) x

@the good doctor – although many of the themes of my life occur in this poem, it was meant more to be a story with the narrator as a separate character rather than actually being about me. Although it kind of is. Oh, whatever =)