You stand framed
In my doorway,
A modern god,
Priapus made mortal,
Pride of Aphrodite.
The backlight plays
Shadow games in your hair;
The muscles of your belly
Would drive Michaelangelo
Insane with envy, and
Would make Pygmalion weep.
It is not finished;
Opposing wills of flint and steel
Strike sparks into the
Tinder of our beings.
The fire begins again,
Consuming us both,
Until at last, like the Phonenix,
I rise up singing
From the ashes of your body.