Warning Signs
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The coming mist glows yellow
With sulfur in its smell
A smoky sky, hanging low,
Carries dangerous stories to tell.
Red sky in the morning
Blood on the moon at night
An ill-swept wind blows in
With an eerie kind of light.
The world is lit with warning signs
The roads run dark and still
Cyan bruises on these lips of mine
Purple sage upon the hill.
Red eyes from the mourning
Blood on the sheets at night
A sickness marks our subtle sin
The beast will have its bite.
In all the colors of all the signs
We saw but haven’t seen
That we bring ourselves to an end of times
When all we can see is green.
When all we can need is green.
A person must be wicked
If a person’s to be heard
Were I a witch, with verdant skin,
Could the lesson be learned?
Red hives in the morning
Blood from the mouth at night
The edge of green is browning
And blackens into white.
