AS GOD AND GODDESS
The wide, golden portal led to the diamond sun.
I witnessed rosy petals open, one by one,
In the umbrage of the cloister, free from all lament.
Like breezes stirring in a vase, emitting every lovely scent,
The wells of the enclosure, so very redolent,
Left me dazed in wonder as I met a lady fair,
With cherry blossoms dancing in the tresses of her hair.
We strolled as god and goddess through the garden alive with vines,
And we drank from the matin dew
A manifold array of mystical wines.
We fell asleep in rapture beneath a willowy yew.
As we reclined amid the eglantines,
Beside the vast and somnolent, silver sea
My thoughts were of you,
Your thoughts were of me.
How I wonder where went the spring.
In the bright summer’s saffron echoing
We heard carillons play from harpsichords of white.
Then Venus ascended with an angel’s wing,
And she brought with her the night.
John Lars Zwerenz
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