Here, the gods did not listen When you cried Here, disarmed Here, fallen Here, I laid you down With kisses soft Until you fell asleep forever
Here, the gods did not listen When I cried But I made sure the earth remembered When you died Here, in the pool of ichor I planted my heart in disguise And blood-red windflowers grew
Here, here and here – I have loved you
A poem based on the story of Adonis and Aphrodite as told by Ovid in Metamorphoses