Last Words to Miriam |
||
Go Back Boyhood Fall Of Man The Man Disppointment More Disappointment Bride Born Resources The Mocking Bird A Strip of Blue A Year in Heaven Excursion The Hands of the Betrothed Last Words to Miriam Lui et Elle His wimple Tortoise Family Connections Newport A Doggrel in a Dormant Window Memory The Stream The Roman Ring A Thousand Years Ago Old man Mnasidika The Lady |
is the shame and sorrow But the disgrace is mine; Your love was dark and thorough, Mine was the love of the sun for a flower He creates with his shine. RunningShoes Puma Replicat WeddingShoes Heely Reflex I was diligent to explore you, Blossom you stalk by stalk, Till my fire of creation bore you Shrivelling down in the final dour Anguish--then I suffered a balk. Reef Sandles Areosoles Shoes Luchesse Boots I knew your pain, and it broke My fine, craftsman's nerve; Your body quailed at my stroke, And my courage failed to give you the last Fine torture you did deserve. You are shapely, you are adorned, But opaque and dull in the flesh, Who, had I but pierced with the thorned In a lovely illumined mesh. Like a painted window: the best Suffering burnt through your flesh, Undressed it and left it blest With a quivering sweet wisdom of grace: but now Who shall take you afresh? Danze Faucets NineWest Shoes Frye Harness Boots Now who will burn you free, From your body's terrors and dross, Since the fire has failed in me? What man will stoop in your flesh to plough The shrieking cross? A mute, nearly beautiful thing Is your face, that fills me with shame As I see it hardening, Warping the perfect image of God, And darkening my eternal fame. |