Sappho In Love Poem by Chris Zachariou

She came into my world
on jasmine scented wings
and I was beguiled by love

the speechless shy kind
that hides in a blushing lily
only to reveal itself at midnight.

I was mesmerised. Lost in the beauty
of youth I could not speak and in her
smile, I saw a world alluring and new.

I ached for her; desire burned me
and in my marriage bed I closed my
eyes and yearned for Atthis.

When she lay next to me, I was
breathless. She loosened my gown,
she kissed me and I was undone by love.

Seduced by the clarity of the moment
I shuddered free; she flamed my limbs
with kisses, she thirsted on my breasts with
more and my barren life lay in ruins at her feet.