Archive for December, 2007

LUST

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

My Lust…draw me near…to your burning passions

“Fortified by theory and study,
I shall not fear my passions like a coward.
I shall give my body to sensual delights,
to enjoyments dreamt-of,
to the most daring amorous desires,
to the lustful impulses of my blood, without
any fear, for whenever I want –
and I shall have the will, fortified
as I shall be by theory and study –
at moments of crisis I shall find again
my spirit, as before, ascetic.”

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Observe how Eros works his magic spells,
And how all love-sick mortals he compels.
He quickens their desire and gives it might,
And teaches them to wrestle in the night.
He cheapens gold, to blemish he gives charm.
And to the weakling lends a warrior’s arm;
He makes the coward dare, the sluggard race,
The awkward he endows with every grace.
Love made Rotokritos to hold his ground
And to defy the ten who gathered round.