Stealing From a Goddess

STEALING FROM A GODDESS

   At Dawn
   I wait
   Beside the sea
   Under the tree
   Behind the dunes
   For his arms.

                                                  Mesmerized 
                                                  by colors without confines of name
                                                  I stand
                                                  By the mirrored waves—

                                                  Bronzed by Dawn’s immortal dazzling eye--
                                                  My Beloved’s smile
                                                  Goddess bruise-kissed brilliant
                                                  Looks up
                                                  Still shy-- but painted guilty
                                                                  In unfamiliar splendor--
                                                  God-like himself
                                                  Ignited by a bronze lit blaze.

                                                  I do not turn to face him—
                                                  but look-- water down--devour
                                                  His beloved smile
                                                  Insistently appealed forgiveness--
                                                  Dimples-- flashing his secrets, seek me
                                                            from the rippling water--
                                              
                                                  Suddenly
                                                  Breaking through the brilliance
                                                  Encasing me in
                                                      warm muscled arms which escape
                                                       the mad reflection.

                                                  Faintly in my ear flickers
                                                  Delicate-- but Jealous-- moans--
                                                  The Morning Goddess,
                                                             Helpless, 
                                                  She, Pulled once again 
                                                            into timeless sandy dunes--
                                                            Aurora’s seaside prison hideaway

'Til Twilight
Beside the sea
Under the tree
Behind the dunes
We love.

                                            (In throes of wildest passion 
                                         there lingers the delicious thought—
                                                          Stealing from a goddess
                                               Is a rare-- but heady-- morsel.)



Aug 12 2013©

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Poet Destroyer A

Date: 9/5/2013 3:48:00 PM

Victoria, well done...Linda

Victoria Anderson-Throop
Date: 9/11/2013 2:56:00 PM

Thanks Linda..as I have said before, I always appreciate that you take the time to comment and read. V

Sara Kendrick

Date: 9/5/2013 1:12:00 PM

Great creative unique work..Congrats on your win..Sara

Victoria Anderson-Throop
Date: 9/11/2013 2:55:00 PM

thanks Sara for being a faithful reader...sorry I have not been able to reciprocate. have been offline for most of the summer, only sneaking in the library (filled with summer tourists) for occasional 15 minute stints. now back at work, so when things settle, will be more active again. V

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 9/1/2013 2:15:00 PM

wowowow, I am so glad to be seeing THIS one. yOu have some outstanding lines in this one, very creative and romantic. A fave.

Victoria Anderson-Throop
Date: 9/3/2013 1:41:00 PM

thanks Andrea....am back online again. started work last week, so now can be part of the world. This work is one of my fave's too, so it is a pleasure to be able to share it. will write more to you soon....