That Blood Red Dress Poem by James McLain

That blood red dress
could only on you it was
more than i could stand
it opened
my old eyes
to one new world after another
all my others
the way it fit your hips
the way it hung around
my world
and to me and only to me
this gift you gave the trees
it's leaves
when the wind
would blow
your lips a gift of green
that dress as well
and legs I held those calves
each day when night
each light went out
and pushing up and out
I knew both worlds.