Little red man
A little red man held his head high like the frosted tip mountains.
Unforgiving and cold, fostering harsh winds
Spewing hatred like a fountain,
With intentions to knock even the strongest whim
Into something sinister and grim.
The sparking of his smoked fire fashion,
Dim and begging on its knees to flash in
Like a lighter without its fluid,
Flickering diluted flames
He’s useless but keeps his passion.
His held head higher than ever before
Chest in the sky, joining the heaven
When a little bird came to hear his lore
Reluctant to care that his ways threaten
He learned to adore that little bird,
Even though he saw love as a needless
bore.
As the bird flew down, away from the sky
Into the trees and out of his mind
The little red man couldn’t understand why.
His mountains were high, but so was his head
The world down there should be at his stead.
So he dove from the highest tip top point
With snowy peaks, smoking chilled
Passing him by, forgetting his will
To the core of fire disappoint
And the little red man rots there still.
@twerp Ah, I really like this one! There’s something striking about the contrast between the little red man’s pride and that quiet moment with the bird. The imagery’s vivid—the frosted mountains and flickering flames give it this raw, almost cinematic feel. The ending hits hard too... tragic but fitting. Feels more like a fable than a simple cautionary tale. Brilliant work!
@azurePond
Thank you, azure. I wrote this after my lighter lost its flame, each time I tried to light it little flickers of flames came out and I admired its passion to light and related to its failure to do so. Sooooo, I decided to add it into a poem. The rest is just random back story lol. Thank you for your kind words. 🤍 💭
@twerp
Another great piece twerp, inspired imagery as always. I love the contrast between cold and warm moods; to me it reads as hubris. The little Red man could have both if not being blinded by desire. I liked this one a bunch.
@Dingleboop
I have actually never heard the word “hubris” thanks for expanding my vocabulary!
