"Mystery Unknown"

Love ballad.

Yes!--for thee my love's unerring

     (and full of strong desire!).

In my chest, my love's constancy

     burneth for thee like fire:--

 

All seasons long, my thoughts o'er thee

     do emancipate me,--

they form--wing-like!--to my barred mind,

     which thou give liberty.

 

Like the vast, fathomless oceans,

     my love for thee runs deep:--

in their depths swim the secret longings

     for thee that I most keep.

 

Like Helen of Troy, thy fair face

     (as well!) can launch a fleet

(of a thousand ships), all brimmed with

     Greeks who'd war at thy feet.

 

Even Shakespeare's rich, lyrical verse

     cannot grant thee justice:--

his oft-sung poesy pales near

     thee, mine earthbound goddess!

 

Were thou deity in fair flesh

     thou would be Aphrodite

of Greek myth and legend--of beauty

     and of love ever so mighty,--

 

Or Athena, goddess of wisdom,

     justice, the arts, and war

(as scholar of law, thy counsel

     and sphere unshut justice's door).

 

On tempestuous seas of love

     thou bodeth good omens,--

a guarantee of good fortunes:

     the hope of all captains!

 

Thine incandescing my dark life

     moves me raptly along;--

the light of thy tender love-glow

     compelleth me to song.

 

I wish to pen at last, my pet,

     love loveth for us alone;

howsoe'er it loveth (heaven knows),--

     'tis mystery unknown!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Mary Bradley]

Beautiful words ... I can feel the strength of love you've describe here .. I love it