we have nothing left to fight for
nothing left to gain
on a shoal so barren and isolated
only tears in heaven drain
i genuflect in your presence
forever you will be my ethiopian queen
exalted by the constellations
while traversing the summer solstice
in a palanquin
an isolated and intense emotion
never will i deny
amazing how the rains fall
upon the plains of the srengeti
each and everytime you cry
i see you in graceful motion
that beatific smile as you pirouette
the days bathed in sunshine we remember
the hurricane of conflicting emotions
we refuse to soon forget
and when kintu lived alone upon this earth quite lonely
nambi the daughter of gulu came to the earth
and fell in love with him
and though gulu the ruler of sky
thought kintu too poor and ignorant
the bond of kintu and nambi
eased the heavenly fathers trepidation
and now the saharan winds
sing a hymn
of everlasting love
are there any valid reasons
the sane dive into a malestrom of love
and its unpredictability
ironic how we know more of the stars
in the heavens
than the ever changing tides of love
upon this earths restless and stormy seas
rest your head my lovely
this too shall come to pass
ignore our loves burning embers
concentrate instead upon the timeless devotion
we sought while racing against the desert sands
in the hourglass
exalted you will remain
the court waits in breathless anticipation
while you summon the vestal virgins
to consumate the intensity of your
feelings of frustration
and when alcmene
the mother of hercules
mated with zeus who was wearing a perfect disguise
thinking she had finally found
the perfect mate
they made love to a celestial serenade of perfect harmony
yet unknowingly she became victim of a hegemony
a cultural imperialism
from which her soul would never escape
the salt of our tears form twin pillars
that pantomime
you the solo dancer
i the narrative chorus
beseeching the devine
our movements once so expressive
now our steps defined by a certain nervousness
in the shadows of the theater
i see you and i as we pantomime one last kiss
the rain falls upon all that our love justified
soothing two souls scorched by fates denial
i stand before the angels
feeling very much like socrates
preparing to face my final trial
no intimate intrusions
we kept our love secret until the end
no need to turn back and face
sodom and gomorrah
we end as spiritual lovers
yet forever remain everlasting friends
and when aphrodite
the goddess of beauty
love and pleasure
sought the erotic pleasures
of adonis she refused to release him
from her intimacy
in love she was totally
and though ares
in a jealous rage disguised as a boar
killed adonis
the ashes of a love so innocent and completely honest
have been scattered upon the confluence
of the tigris and euphrates
while the jealousy of ares burns in hades
the bottomless pits of hell
when i speak to you
i sense a sorrow
but our love should not be mourned
from the dust of an edenic paradise
our expectation of love was formed
so smile for all of the great times
the laughter and the freedom
never did we not submit what was owed to ceasar
never like judas did we commit a love treason
the morning skies awaken
parting to release the warmth
you and i will forever share
so strong we were as solo artists
quite indomitable as a pair
as i meditate i kiss the heavens
for all you have meant to me
for sharing a love far beyond all earthly boundaries
a love to be forever spoken in mythology
and when ohsun
the orisha of love
beauty and intimacy
feels the slightest animosity
though kind she will cause destruction
wherever she decides to go
only shango the king dancer
undergod of lightning and thunder
can quell ohsuns anger
and allow her soul to escape into the throes
of an everlasting love
you and i
a confluence of a shared astrological
yes we did the impossible
so many thought our love illogical
now forevermore we will be honored
in the mythological
as two people who once defined
the meaning of true love
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