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Describing the color red without using the word ‘red’

“When you dip her in the middle of the dance floor, it is the color of her dress. When she whispers in your ear, it is the color of her lips. When you make love, it is the trace you want her to leave all over your body. When she places her palm over your heart, it is the color that comes to the surface as her fingertips trail like a sentence that can never be finished. When you see her in the bedroom with another, it is the color of your breath. When you smash the vase in the hall, it is the color that threatens you to abandon the shattered pieces. When you scream at the top of your lungs, it is the color that pierces the atmosphere. When she hears you, it is the color of her pulse. When you look in her eyes for the last time, it is the fading color of your heart falling to your knees. It is not the color you see when she leaves.”
By Tyler Ford
ساعَة لُقاها

غيمة تخفها كي لا يَمسها شُعاعْ
غيث من كَلِمُهَا يهطِلُ عليَّ
يتعسَفُني الهَمُ ولكن يَغلبه الفَرحُ بنورها
يا رُوحْ … إخْرُجِي من جَسدي.. اذهبي اليها
دَمها رأيت مَجراه من شِدة بياضِها
دُرَرٌ تخرج من فاها عند نُطقِها
حَوراءٌ أفتنتني وشغلت فِكري
حولها زَهرٌ منثور فتزيّن الزهر بها
جَمالها شَبيه لِحور عين
جاورت المُلوك واعالي السماء
حماها ربي فاعطاني فاعطاها
حلمت ابدا بغيرها.. بسواها
سِنُّها يلمع صَافيٍ كالعاجْ
سَمَرٌ لا يحلوا الا معاها
نارٌ بداخلي من الحب اشتعلت
نمتُ واستَفقتُ وفي البالِ ساعَة لُقاها
