Ishq

one line poem prompt

Robert Mapplethorpe, snake man, 1981

ㅤㅤㅤ a deeper love of a darker shade
ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤ most probably Red. the bold,
ㅤㅤ the worldly & the transcendental.

• Ishq is the Arabic/Urdu word for love, and more.

Your Turn
Theme: Ishq/love

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• the red love —