A drop of deepest red, so fine
Drops lowly, a splatter on the floor
Another one falls, mixes
Equal of colour, equal of scent
One living, the other dead
A drip, a fall, endless light
Offset by brilliant red
A laugh, a splatter, darkest dark
All is the same in deepest red.

Penned by my hand on the 14th of Lleian, in the year 55 MA.