Red Lips & Wine

A cinematic poem about unspoken love, hesitation and the quiet weight of a moment that never fully unfolded.

We met —

again and again.

Deep gazes,

unforgotten.

Red lips

and wine.

And yet —

silence.

Stillness.

Solitude.

The hesitation

of a single breath.

And forever engraved

remains

the maybe.

What might have been

cuts deeper

into the heart

than any

once upon a time

ever could.

Red lips

that speak

but never kiss.

Wine

we savor

as if we knew

what it would feel like

not to drink it

alone.

And so our thoughts

sink

into the shadows

of emptied glasses —

as if the rim,

pressed against the table,

were etched

into the scene itself,

the way we are etched

into each other’s thoughts.

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"Red Lips & Wine" is part of Lyrmotion’s exploration

of cinematic poetry —where words feel like scenes.

Sabrina

Poet

Founder of Lyrmotion™

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