Saturday, June 29, 2024

Cupid’s arrow Sept. 6, 2013


 
Cupid’s arrow is still

 wedged between his ribs,

 the girl of his dreams

 he met long after marriage

 says he ought not to dream of her,

she still looking to him the way

 she said she did when still here

 among us mortals,

a Venus, and a Venus fly trap,

 a real catch if and when

(and if possible)

 you can catch her,

 yet kind-hearted enough

 to publicly acknowledge him

as her hero,

perhaps this is all he ever needed,

someone to need him,

a cub once now

a master of media manipulation,

 a queen paying a brief tribute

to one of those who continues to adore her,

 not by far the man she loves,

 yet someone she can count on

today, tomorrow, forever,

even as he sits in his cubical,

 imprisoned by his own life

and continues to dream

 of what life might

 have given him

had he met her sooner.


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