“And think not you can
Direct the course of love,
For love,
If it finds you worthy,
Directs your course.”

~ Kahlil Gibran ~

When life has got me down

And I need to ease my pain

I eagerly rush off to see her

In bright sunshine or dark rain

There is no one quite like her

She holds my enraptured soul

I find her extremely captivating

She’s so vivacious and so bold

She caresses me with her smile

She knows me like an old book

She leads me most seductively

To her alluring babbling brook

Her lair is delicately scented

With her fragrant eau de cologne

As I inhale its vapor so joyously

Very soon my will is not my own

She soon offers me a refreshing sip

Of her intoxicating elixir oh so fine

She lovingly concocts it here herself

And it quenches me like fine wine

She beseeches me to linger

As she cools my weary feet

And soon her winged minstrels

Lovingly serenade me oh so sweet

She instructs her many servants

To now fan my world weary brow

Then she coos and she captivates

As she entraps my heart somehow

Soon she whispers in my ear

I truly want you here with Me

We could live a life so grand

So wild so uninhibited and so free

As I gaze upon her lovely beauty

In all her splendid naked glory

I admit that I’m always tempted

To submit to her enticing love story

It truly sounds so wondrously tantalizing

Her generous offer of such a carefree life

But my nagging sense of duty always returns

And I slowly head home to deal with life’s strife

But as I sadly leave her lovely Paradise

I once again whisper my sincerest regrets

Maid Nature is truly an alluring Enchantress

And many of my desires she always whets

When life has got me down

And I need to ease my pain

I eagerly rush off to see her

In bright sunshine or dark rain

©2004, Ed Kostro