Enter Desdra, draped in a flowing tunic and holding a pomegranate. Mt. Etna smokes in the distance. She is
attended by Cupid, whose wings flutter in her ear…
Cupid, carry this message to my love for I am mute:
A flame burns, a spark from Venus.
See her in the western horizon,
bright as Aphrodite’s jewels.
Her girdle of gold would have no worth nor power,
I am so beguiled by you, my Adonis.
Even the gods pause and wonder at your brilliance.
Incense of myrrh perfumes the temples of Cyprus.
The smoke rises to the heights of Jupiter,
whose thunder echoes my soul’s desire.
The cold rings of Saturn descend to smother this fire.
But the embers still smolder as the core of a volcano
sizzles and steams under Neptune’s sea.
Eros, hear my plea to act as my mediator:
Alert the dolphins!
Send a dove to fly over mountains and direct the swan to
trumpet my love on the smooth mirror of the lake.
I implore you, Eros, do not send the
owl-feathered arrow because of your devious ways.
My lover’s indifference would cleft my heart in two!
Arouse his love with the soft, golden feathers of the dove.
Wow! I read this with a heart that knows the sadness and craving of a love denied and it touched all the senses I have felt and smothered in my heart for a long time. Poetry has one goal...to touch the sense of feeling in us all and this write did that perfectly...
Thank you for sharing,
Fee
Just how exotic and sensual is this? If you have been inspired by the painting, Linda, then you've done it full justice with your breathtaking words and images. This reads like classic literature and I love all the mythological references. As succulent and suggestive as the pomegranate itself. Arousing is a very good description of your fine work here. xx
Virginal lust, tender passion of a little flame that promise a conflagration devouring universe, soft, like small feathers on bare skin like caresses of moonlight...
Blending Southern Gothic mystery romance, fantasy, theater, dance, music, and flashes of humor, tells the story of a pair of lovers in two separate time periods who find themselves battling an evil fifty years apart.
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Thank you for sharing,
Fee
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Much peace, love, and light,
Amber "V"
Not sure that arouse and soft, naa I best shut up!
With a "tender" sting to it!!
Love Tinka