Silver & Red

The music has stopped,
the dance has ceased,
the pulse has disappeared,
the drinks have been downed,
the lights have flickered off.

There is only silence;
red and silver,
rusty, metallic,
spilling over,
gasping for air.

The smile has faded,
the thoughts don't process,
the body is no longer healthy,
the eyes no longer glimmer,
the skin is no longer exposed.

Silver upon flesh,
breaking and tearing,
truth-telling,
all-knowing.
Red flowing from flesh,
dripping and lying,
trust-breaking,
foolish.

Silver and red,
is all they have left.