Adonis And Aphrodite (Hai Ku) Poem by Joseph S. Josephides

Transformed as a star
through skylight I enter
into your sheets

You offer me love
you give again and again,
asking nothing back

During burning heat
you just move your small lips
thus set me on fire

To handle your thorns
my passion puts on his gloves
then caress you

The more they squeeze
your small flower, the more
and more it perfumes

You don’t have an harp
still I listen to your cords
deep in the heartbeat

You smother all wars
in your arms, and your glances
are sharp darts that win


I am the sole bee
you are the open flower
honey be our kiss

Create with me
in the darkness of the world
children of the light

Two mouths so sweet
they join just in one,
our bodies too

The sky and earth
love each other; it rains
and forests are born

Demetra sows
I see absent as present,
the desert as feast

Your ten fingers
move and touch softly the lips
of my inner star

Charon appeared
saw us kissing each other,
left unsuccessful.



© JosephJosephides