he came next to her
and his heart
(taken with great defining passion)
reached
out and was reached
though somehow
she held onto her ground and her heart
with violently tender caresses
he loved her
his heart he abandoned
to flame
he knew the course of his destiny
each time that he whispered her name
and still she held onto her ground and her heart
with sudden and certain uncertainty
he embraced her fearful ramparts
he
assaulted her walls and her 'loneness
while she held onto her ground and her heart
knocked to his knees
(by the not yet pain)
his fingertips begged her
any inch closer
and his gaze bid her close to the flame
yet she held onto her ground and her heart
and the gods of old shared great laughter
('cept a tear from Aphrodite's
steel grey eye)
as the drama played tragic before them
while she held onto her ground and her heart
at last the agony lay open
his heart lay unclaimed on the floor
for
she had no free hand left to touch it
as she held onto her ground and her heart
time is a thing made for mortals
(the gods know its' capricious whims
not)
sooner or later a man's heart passes
(and his grasp on earthly things fails)
let go of his possessions he has to
let go of his troubles he must
the
ground now a blanket to save him
from the ground over her and her heart
