The Press

Love and hate

A currency

Crimson print

Where passion bleeds

Love and hate

Its truth and vine

Poured, our souls

When crushed like wine

Love and hate

The nail and stone

Chiseled sentence

Flesh and bone

Love and hate

To bless or curse

Tried by fire

Ink and verse

Love and hate

Bear fruit and seed

Squeezed like jam

Comfit of deeds

Love and hate

The flower press

Beauty,

Still, preserved in death