The Muse's Consolation

To penetrate the fresh bloom of a flower,
     is a rare joy, a kind of love felt deeply,
when virgins struggle, full of desire's power,
     then collapse in warm, sensual link so sweetly.

With one, I have not known such love before;
     not in a touch, but found in books and lines,
a joy that I love, rapturously explore,
     and whose sung beauty lyrically shines.

Although I'll never know the former love
     aforementioned, the Muse's consolation
is my reward: chaste, and pure as a dove,
     she uplifts me to peaks of inspiration!

If love must be to love a woman only,
then the Muse's bloom keeps me from being lonely.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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