Ode To Venus

Prometheus struggles with FIRE and its significance for
Life
Humanity
Survival
and
Love.
His passion motivates him to share
this
FIRE
with
mere mortals ~myself included~

Yet
the
gods
are
unkind... they are cruel... they are jealous of his love for
mortals
and
FIRE
Thus
Zeus punishes him
for this thirst for
FIRE
Like Prometheus , i, too, am enamoured by
FIRE,

This FIRE
burns
in my Venus... my goddess... my realm, my world, my moment, my NOW
in her eyes, her golden locks, her scent, her gait...
her corporeal form... this FIRE in me burns...

Her FIRE... i feel... i thirst for... i hunger for...
It is in this FIRE
that my VENUS offers...

OFFERS me

Offers me BEAUTY in the form of TRUTH...
TRUTH that neither Prometheus nor Zeus can proffer...
Her Beauty holds the
Key
Her Beauty holds the
Truth
Her Beauty holds the liquids that i must
Read... that i must
Swallow... that i must
Taste... that i must
Eat...

Venus opens to me a whole new metaphysical realm...
A realm of insights into the world of Minotaur that i must understand...
She guides me through the rivers of Hades...
i sense a fear... an absurdity... an ambiguity...
BUT
VENUS
IS
HERE
NOW
with me...
here
IN
THE MOMENT
with me...
AND
her
FLORAL CHARIOT... ITS SWEET SCENTS... ITS SWEET HERBS...
Her MELODIC VOICE...
from these
i
acquire
an
Epiphany ...

i gain
an inclination into the truth of Prometheus" journey... quest... for FIRE
for FIRE
HER FIRE
HER FIRE
that must quench my thirst before i die...
here in Hades...

Venus is my inspiration to engage
my passion, my revolt and my freedom...
to confront the Labyrinths ... the Mazes...
that
BOTH
WORLDS thrust on my path...

so i continue
on this journey like Prometheus who must endure
the gnawing of the vulture all day
only
to receive a reprieve during
the
Night...
so
i
too
must endure
this journey into her FIRE..
A FIRE
i desire...
A FIRE
i await with all my
SOUL
SPIRIT
BODY

i must return to Ardea and Lavinium
to
love her again...
to worship her FIRE
to drink her FIRE
so i will return to Latium
so i will return to Rome
to offer

VENUS

my FIRE
my soul
my spirit
my body

It is this FIRE
that i solicit
that i need
that i cannot live without

Venus
please...
keep your
FIRE
burning
until
i
navigate
through
this
Labyrinth
please

Venus, i need to be quenched
by your
FIRE
guide me to the source... guide me to the origins of this FIRE