Posted in Deep Water, Poetry 1990's, tagged longing, Love, passion, poem, Poetry, selflessness, sublimation, transcendence, Venus on June 19, 2015| 4 Comments »
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O goddess of love
I pray you’ll be
the rise of dawn
that lifts me tall
into a selfless plane
beyond the hunger
in my veins
for tender pulse,
for selfish bleed.
I ask you, meet
this longing high
that love be like
a willing star
that has no other need
except to shine.
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(c) 1995, 2015 Betty Hayes Albright
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Posted in Poetry 1990's, tagged giving, Love, mythology, passion, selflessness, Venus on November 28, 2011| 22 Comments »
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O goddess of love
I pray you be
the rise of dawn
that lifts me tall
into a selfless plane
beyond the hunger
in my veins
for tender pulse,
for selfish bleed.
I ask you, meet
this longing high
that love be like
a willing star
that has no other need
except to shine.
.
(c) 1995 Betty Hayes Albright
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