My Cherished Divinity

 

 

 

Painful rays of sunlight pierce my skull like a knife in the hands of one most dear. I grab her arm not in spite, but in the deepest form of tenderness… soft caress upon her heavenly cheek, cloth in hand to dry her eye. I lift her from torturous footing and place her above all this darkness… dare I dream. The crowning of my queen is in order, what have I to offer? No gold for her crown, jewels to adorn its shimmering peaks… my eye turns to the ground in dismay. Nothing but dirt, winter stone and the foot of a root, a root that led to a magnificent plume of red and white roses. Overwhelming warmth had shifted the season suddenly … I picked of its generous abundance and weaved this crown not of sheer material beauty, but of my deepest emotion for her. I kiss every petal and place it upon her head. Dew forms upon them and runs down her forehead and over her eyes, residual tears gently rinsed away. I kiss her forehead and stroke her cheek. I turn my eye from this previous garden, only to gaze through the entrance of another. In my arms I carry her through its archway… songbirds calling our names as we survey infinite green and a distant mountain on pink and blue backdrop. We run through the grass and fall by a stream, the sun now leaving the sky for another time around. Now both bathed in moonlight, its pale blue glow reflects off her eyes, through her hair… gravity loses its grip as we ascend to the heavens. We fly together over that distant mountain…

I crown thee not for momentary bliss, but for an eternity in your love-scarred heart. If I could heal the ravages of time, return to you your every dream, purge this blackness and fill it with warmth, light… touch your face and kiss it warmly. Embrace you with immense intensity, how my body would quake… my heart humming a tune ever so sweet. Perhaps if I held you tight enough we could merge forever, melt and reform into a beautiful whole of devotion and radiant bliss. Forever my darling, doubly loved and held dear, I cherish thee.

 

 

 

By Paul M., for Jen