Ensnared

Night falls like a blanket
And Gaia sleeps
By moonlight and shadows we meet
Falling upon a carnal bed
Starving, we feed this hunger
Ravenous, gluttonous
Insatiable...
Hephaestus casts his net
Ensnared, entangled
We are locked together
Mocked by Olympus
Let the gods and goddesses laugh
Or rather
Let them look on with envy
For we are one

Etched with Love

Hot thunder throws peace into chaos
Shaking the shadowed earth
Hypnos takes flight upon black wings
Morpheus descends
Cyprian-born goddess, golden Aphrodite, rises
The winged boy flits and flies behind
With a wry and mischievous smile
I stir and wake
Opening eyes, seeing
A beautiful face, shining,
Etched with love
Your eyes that scatter grace upon me
The gentlest touch sets fire beneath my skin
Rushing, coursing through my blood
Eros, loosener of limbs, irrepressible,
Steals my sight
Deafens my ears with a mad pounding beneath my breast
My mind, awash in a storm...
Rose-fingered Dawn waits
As Athena holds back the hours
And steadies the Night

--just a little poem with a nod to Sappho and Homer