East Village Red
Pam Clark
East Village Red
Canada Flag on the balcony beckons me
To this home of the brave and free
There is unity here
Palpitating in the East Village
Crimson petals drop like tears from planters
Signalling seasonal changes and second chances
A sea of red scatters the cinders
Intertwines in the cracks
Like history
Ignored, forgotten, crushed
Red lies still and strong in the signs of independence
Red Bloom Salon
Evolution
Frilly Lily
Signs commanding us to stop and wait - it’s three way
Stop, now repeat, now go
Go forward! East Village shouts
Stripes, circles, rectangles of red
On brick, in windows, on the court
Apple red bicycle
leans on chipped white fence
Serving as a crutch
for the beat up frame
Ravishing red bleeds here,
breathes here,
In my heart,
In my home