Red (poetry)

The trees, their arms outstretched, inviting,
The wind, cold and unforgiving,
The darkness, surrounding, suffocating,
Fingers, scraping, searching, clasping,
The knife, sharp, ripping flesh,
The screams, hollow and twisted,
The wolf, howling, bleeding, defeated,
Red, the cloak fluttering,
The girl, insane: smiling.