Sculpture

The Creator took flesh, sculpting it into

a form to make my hands tremble

and my mouth go dry at the sight

of such curvature perfection.

And he gave you eyes that

capture mine and lock;

freezing my brain yet

simultaneously melting my heart.

And last, he took a soul and split

it, half into a male, the other female.

And infusing two bodies he said, 'There,

let them long for, until they find each other.'

Reviews

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

Beautifully written... I wrote my thesis in college on Plato's Symposium, which exerts that originally there were three sexes...man, woman and the union of man and woman. I won't go into the details, but basically the gods became angry at the pure joy experienced by the "united souls", and chose to split them down the middle and thus leave them always searching for their other half. Your piece reminds me of the story. There is a great movie called "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" that tackles the idea of this--it's an off the wall film, but there is a song called "The Origin of Love" that you might want to listen to...it will remind you of your piece :)

[Mark]

Tbank you Sarah, I've long held the belief that divinity can be found in the union of male and female. God is neither male nor female but composed of both.

[Mockingbird]

conveys the idea that there is one person out there for someone and they will eventually come together. great poem.

[Mark]

Thank you, do you believe that? I used to, not so sure now.

[Pryde Foltz]

How cruel. lol. Great write, Mark.

[Mark]

The Creator cruel? Parish that thought!

[Pryde Foltz]

Hahahahahaha