red and blue

red and blue red and blue
all risen and fallen asking
what to do do you tell me red or blue
all come and gone happening
through and through
red and blue-red and blue

neither red nor blue
cease pulsation
i turn into you whether red or blue
i see you through the thin-skin veil
i know where you go and what youre for
be my color be my flag
be divided into one
and turn the time to now when our term is done
pouring hot and cold and both from on high
washing away all the crumbs of the day
rising up in the sky red in blue

it comes in waves

until she cries out of blood-shooting eyes i got the blues
the black has fallen again
red and black and fallen again in a flash
spreading red left a stain you cant see
red and blue shine and blink in the dark air
red and blue red and blue
and with a firm finger and cold hammer stammering out like a dumb singer say
i am everywhere
but you sir werent there soon enough
true enough

for forever till now
and hence
red to blue
too blue to red
but before you get to get going sometimes you gotta stop

-NDW