Lyrid Poem by Onareen Ferdinand

O celestial body!
Blessed heavenly beauty!
Grand claims you draw
From deep within me

You came so sweetly,
Cautiously and bright;
Even dead hearts
Your beauty revived and set alight!

So worldly I am;
Hence unworthy
Yet still you chose to bless me
With ethereal beauty

I came from far just to
Glimpse you;
Overcame demons in darkness,
Of deep blacks and blue

My doubting heart
Strained from a tension,
Young lovers suffer
When fearing rejection

Yet, you came! You came!
Like fireflies; streaming by
Graceful as countless mermaids
Gliding Poseidon's waves high!

Awe struck you left me
With an aching heart
At so resplendent a beauty-
Provoking my eyes,

To shed tears so quickly;
As the sharpest blades
Draw blood, ever
So swiftly

No ardent heart of love
Burns brighter than you!
No queen that ever reigned
Wore diamonds more flawless than you!

Did the Gods allow
Odysseus to set eyes on
Your enthralling body,
On his grievous journey home?

Did your calming presence
Inflame his mortal being with
The courage and comforts
To brave Poseidon's waters alone?

Say precious beauty! Say!
For you know of celestial knowledge,
Treasures and ways
Humans are unworthy of learning

O, such grand claims you draw Lyrid!
From a child so refrained
Of a world so corrupt; you succeeded
In making me forget, who (they say) I am.