Though every stalwart suitor lose his life
Who strives and stoutly strides to win her grace,
Though Atalanta caution 'gainst the strife,
With pride and pleasure I shall run the race,
And seek not for myself the victor's wreath,
So often tempting fool and errant knave
Whose folly sits in risking certain death
Trying to best that which he claims to crave.
My step and pace, instead, I shall adjust
To match the speed that doth my mistress choose,
And ambling slow or sprinting swiftest gust,
Whilst keeping time there is no way to lose -
For prizes worth lie not at journey's end,
But in each moment that with her I spend.
Who strives and stoutly strides to win her grace,
Though Atalanta caution 'gainst the strife,
With pride and pleasure I shall run the race,
And seek not for myself the victor's wreath,
So often tempting fool and errant knave
Whose folly sits in risking certain death
Trying to best that which he claims to crave.
My step and pace, instead, I shall adjust
To match the speed that doth my mistress choose,
And ambling slow or sprinting swiftest gust,
Whilst keeping time there is no way to lose -
For prizes worth lie not at journey's end,
But in each moment that with her I spend.
Green fields of yesterday all seemed bereft
Of life and all the pleasures found within,
The petals strewn on frosted ground had left
Each wilted flower sadly bare, but then
Appeared Narcissus' blossom there withal;
Magnificent of efflorescence, she,
Defining grace and wit and beauty, all,
Awakened spring and love's prosperity,
For though desired of countless hapless swain,
Forswearing all, she tenderly bestowed
On me her kiss, the seed of love's terrain;
Day after day I reap that which she sowed.
Inscribe upon my heart this memory:
Love bloomed because the daffodil chose me.
Of life and all the pleasures found within,
The petals strewn on frosted ground had left
Each wilted flower sadly bare, but then
Appeared Narcissus' blossom there withal;
Magnificent of efflorescence, she,
Defining grace and wit and beauty, all,
Awakened spring and love's prosperity,
For though desired of countless hapless swain,
Forswearing all, she tenderly bestowed
On me her kiss, the seed of love's terrain;
Day after day I reap that which she sowed.
Inscribe upon my heart this memory:
Love bloomed because the daffodil chose me.
COMING SOON
I rend myself from patterns so ingrained!
Who rends anymore, ripping self from self?
(something flickers in the corner of my eye)
to hell with form!
to hell with meter!
f*ck decorum! fuck propri*ty!
(too angry, too young, too ineffectual - but oh the rush)
It locks its arms around me tight, the beast!
It wraps me in its warm embrace, such peace!
da dum da dum da dum da dum da dum
Set word and beat and hue and signature
to the purpose
Make wide and strong the structure and the frame
Wherein the thousand sprites of fancy play
Then loosen latch and open door
and fly
and fly
and mend
Who rends anymore, ripping self from self?
(something flickers in the corner of my eye)
to hell with form!
to hell with meter!
f*ck decorum! fuck propri*ty!
(too angry, too young, too ineffectual - but oh the rush)
It locks its arms around me tight, the beast!
It wraps me in its warm embrace, such peace!
da dum da dum da dum da dum da dum
Set word and beat and hue and signature
to the purpose
Make wide and strong the structure and the frame
Wherein the thousand sprites of fancy play
Then loosen latch and open door
and fly
and fly
and mend
COMING SOON
