Obsessed With Red

Am obsessed with the color red

Versatile yet so complex 

Signifies affection

Manifests the pain of gestation 

Indicates the color of death

Has the power to stop the crowd hustling over breath

Provides solace to a married woman

Wraps the ones who are love driven

Fills the heart with a grievance

Hats off to those who swear allegiance

It beautifies a fruit

A natural gloss which I would never uproot!