An Ancient Greek Warrior Pours A Love Libation Poem by Terence George Craddock

an ancient Greek warrior in etched mind memory
made supplication not to Ares god of war but to Aphrodite
naked goddess of procreation pleasure love beauty

somewhere in blood spilt Ancient Mediterranean
in a dust spent dawn sun rising time unknown to me
I made supplication to an Achaean love god pagan

I poured appropriately a fine red wine
upon breaking seal of an earth fired amphora
upon the still waters of a wine dark sea

I made worship sacrificial offering into the wine dark sea
silently pouring libation to my bride-priced love for eternity
solemn sacrifice to consummate love outlasting mortality

Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
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