Where my desire for you is sending me
Have mercy, upon me, Love,
Be my Persephone…
By the sun of your mouth,
Leave me
Unable to speak
Or paint you with words.
I don’t want you seen
By other men…
I want only my dream
Where you and I
Finally make sense.
But do you want to be with me—
Under rough skies
And homeless rain
As runaways?
Then, let our love be
An Eleusinian rite—
A night bird silent
In secret flight.