Beloved!

…

Aphrodite leaves the battlefield

After devouring her latest lover

Not the last by any means

But even Goddess of love

Needs her rest

And beauty sleep.

…

“Goddesses do not sleep”

Interrupted a rude man in the

Temple of shadows and faces.

…

Aphrodite sought a cool shadow

Sought aphrodisiac thoughts

Temple stood in her way

Long forlorn shadow lured her in the

Temple, shadows and faces and a lonely

Man greeted her into the hollow of

Bare walls.

…

He sits

He meditates

He forgets

He notices her

He invites her to a communion

“Dalliance”, she asks

“Serious”, he replies

Explaining the tantric ways of

Dissolving into Gods.

She laughs.

…

Love doesn’t need communions or

Dissolving.

Love needs a presence out of the

Shadows

Living through the eyes of a

Beloved.

Are you a beloved?

…

November 23, 2020