Sunday, August 4, 2024

A love struck Cupid May 2012

 

 

I am sooooooooo selfish!

A love struck cupid

 with a self inflicted wound,

the mis-aimed arrow

 with no Venus to blame,

she, psyche,

giving me this birthday gift,

 granting me this moment

with her and it is not enough.

And I sit on this stool,

 streaming in my own froth,

 she glowing beside me

in the dim bar light,

 not yet ingesting the ambrosia

Jupiter offers as recompense,

her life as merely mortal,

 free of anguish,

 only jealous gods like Venus can inflict,

 and here, I am

a jealous Cupid

denying her the attention she deserves,

so completely foolish as to believe

 I can even remotely satisfy her needs.

How to you (me) bring joy

 to someone who needs more than any mortal can give?

How do I even dare to think I can?



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