Heart

To you who would give me thyself, and I have found no bigger love Than the ends of your green eyes. And to you that would lend me an ear Give me blood and bread for my work Wipe sweat from my golden body. For you in the daylight & evening stars Venus, especially, bringing me the sun My hands, in yours, a resigning sign. Lavender mixtures, and rose petal smooth Oils, and incense, with music and food Time stops for us; as we forget, and muse. Of you of the white cloth and pyramids Your science and healing magic, Atlas You are my heart Atlantis & Hesperis. My mother, my lover -- raced for your apples Brought me to this place of purity Through a wicked ocean of sin, and burn I have lived a strong life, and I have learned. What it is to love. What it is to dream. What it is to live. Through a Threnody.