LEFT TO SAY
since she
is
goddess,
divine
it would have to be
mortal Adonis
to make the sacrifice
to tell their story
get
those beautiful,
painful words
upon the page
and there it was, their
love saga
captured forever
magnificent creation
and there Adonis lying
finally in the arms of grieving Aphrodite
mission accomplished, nothing
more for him left to achieve
nothing more
left to say
IN CONVERSATION
In a parallel universe
that Adonis and Aphrodite
ruptured
the myth
with joy of together
went to the ballet, caroused talked life and poetry
over lamb souvlaki and
red wine
at a beachfront taverns
talked love and the
art of making it
stretch out
beyond infinity
until the early hours
can tell you now
given the
nature
of their divinity
this just has to be
the greatest conversation
on the
nature of love
spoken, whispered,
since the beginning of time.
REVISED
saw Adonis and Aphrodite
at the Heavy Metal ballet
watching barriers collapse
boundaries stretch
saw sheet metal fluted
rolled exquisitely sheer
the weight of those chords tempered with
grace, fluency
of style
and Adonis and Aphrodite
if not riveted in love
at least
holding hands
the truth of their narrative
so handsomely revised
the
years so softly silvering them,
their conquest of time
poems 2 die for