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unnamed Oct 2019
Ó Deusa vestida de espumas
cuja pele traz a leveza de plumas
transbordando pelos poros cas-
catas e inundas de prazer

Ó Afrodite de múltipla alma e ser
és teu parecer a explosão calma
quando teu corpo naufraga mare-
sias ao entardecer

Devotos entregam maçãs e ostras
conchas, flores tantas nos votos
eternos epítetos e formas canta-
rolam ao mar teus fogos

Ó amor que aceita a todos
seja nos ritos, mortais ou monstros
de mulheres e homens lava os cora-
ções aflitos e mudos

Ó Cípria e Safo, elevarão o amor que há em tudo


[inspirada na métrica do fragmento 2d. de Sappho]
Ander Stone Jul 2019
A muse is like the most beautiful woman.
When she comes to you,
Desiring to make love,
You best make yourself ready.

She doesn’t come for anyone.
She needs to know that you desire her,
She needs to be wooed.

A  muse will love you like no other,
But only if you do the work.

Don’t buy her flowers,
She doesn’t need those.
Don’t cook for her,
Don’t take her to the movies,
Or to the park, or to a place of wonder.

She needs but one thing,
For you to give her your all.

She ******* only if you
Move your fingers in the right way,
Only if you reach that rhythm,
Only if you paint that picture,
Only if you dance that way,
Only if you give her your mind,
Your heart, your body,
And your soul.
And when she ****,
The world becomes beauty.

When your muse reaches her ******,
Your fingers move with the speed of Hermes,
Your heart beats with the strength of Hercules,
Your creations shine with the beauty of Afrodite,
And your body thrums with her release.

There is nothing more ******,
More liberating, more all-consuming,
Than making love to your muse,
For when she oozes pleasure upon you,
It is not your *** that moves her,
But your desire to write,
to dance,
to sing,
to paint,
to act,
to perform the art that is HER.
Skye Mura Jun 2019
You tell me I'm beautiful and I don't believe it. The last person that told that to me made me believe that for once I was worth something; that I was someone's sweet rose with thorns disappearing. It was a mistake to let my guard down and think how beautiful I could be when every word was a lie and in the end, I was bitter and created into a **** wanting to be pulled out of this wretched grown and tossed into a bin full of lost words and other weeds like me.  

But when you told me, I believed it because I thought you would never lie; you were kind and innocent and I believed everything you said. I grew the confidence of an angel and the glow of the sun. The next thing I knew, my halo was broken and my star faded into nothingness.

You told me they were prettier with their curves as smooth as froth on the beach and their skin as radiant as the northern lights. I'll admit too I was mesmerized, but I started to treat myself like a deserted island that no one wanted to set sail to. I did so much for you and the others didn't.

Will their beauty let you rest easy in their hardworking hands and calm you like the distressed cyclops inside you? Would their lips move mountains or their wings carry you higher than you wanted to be? The answer is no.

Their beautiful is different than mine. See, I am capable of saving you from being lonely and the heal you from the brokenness that was of your childhood. I am eligible to keep secrets about your past and guide you to a mesmerizing destination, which is your future.

My beautiful is different; persuasive in seconds and luring like Afrodite. I know I am beautiful, but you will never truly speak of it.
Trenton Lyons Apr 2020
Can I ask you a question?
Do you love me?
Because I think
I love you.
I know we often treat love
Like a habit,
Make "I love you" a routine,
But I dream of you night and day.
I see your face in everything.
Perhaps, that's not love.
Who really knows what love is anyway?
I know romance wins the day
But at best,
I only know what love isn't.
I know it's not entering your temple
To worship you for ten minutes.
Because you deserve devotion,
A sermon,
And thirty one psalms.
Even if I had more than one tongue,
My jaws would lock before I gave you
The praise you are deserving of.
At your best,
You are love.
I'm at my worst without you,
Left to bend my hate
Until I create a twist of fate.
This is a weight that can't be lifted
Without the strength I've found in you.
Maybe this be more dependency than love.
But I'd rather be willfully ignorant
Residing in the purgatory
Between the sunshine of your golden eyes
And the heavens above.
I think I love you,
Heaven knows there is no certainty in that.
My Afrodite,
If the answer to my question isn't plain,
You can always ask it back.

— The End —