Aphrodite

Aphrodite The fugacious sun skims and courts celestial blue; Vermillion arrayed lighter then darker fade; Scarcely dressed, stretched a million themes, Across the universe; No time for life, no life to dream. Unseen, she slips then flirts below, as darkness Unfurls its wondrous beam, shimmering wavelets Effortlessly, toward the sandless shore, Where whispers a warm breeze. Becalmed without lips, a lingering kiss upon my brow; Eyes firmly closed, washes bare flesh pure And seduces all that is unsure, To touch, to kiss, to bathe in the beauty of her soul; To love as Love was won, from emptiness to nothingness , Retreats without words, And so ebbs the flow of time. In water writ her name in foam, A love that was never mine.