HOPE IS A STARRESS by A. Rose LeCompte
Let peace commune between us
The Lovers, the Star blesses our bond
Sometimes the Devil appears,
This Knight too brash, a defense too impotent
Still, I open my ears, my eyes, sheathing my sword
My devotion is the World travelling
Where you share the center of its gravity
I want change of self, I need it
Break patterns that block to my truest path
I know you push me towards it
This effort is not fruitless dear
I fight the reluctant pride
Like a child in a tantrum
Who should know by now why
Which she does understand but can not accept
Fearing to be wrong, pointless
Fearing happiness won’t be met or
Fleeting soon as our lips touch it
I try another attempt, eager to begin again
I do see progress when her arms unfold
Exhausted from the spinning frustration
“Giving in is not weakness,”
She look to me in silence, slowly opening
Yet from years of rooting in this stance,
On the bedrock of doubt, the child falls
I must be my own teacher now
Disturb the solid, foul boulder
I rub her skin, allowing blood to flow through her veins
Light and carry my lantern
Through the murky unknown
Stretching our feet, wading towards my well
Over hills of memories, through the river of countless tears
So we can see the night sky in the clear
Peering at the Starress winking through
The reflection of my pool
There, the child finds happiness endless
In glass chalices left on pebbles of blush and blue
Dipping our cups in cool, elixir of love that warms our soul
Dripping water over our naked forms,
Cleaning the scars, the wounds
We will cut them open no more
We lay in the soft grass,
Holding each other close,
Watching the celestials dance
She will absorb into me, becoming whole once more
To interlock ourselves in the other’s grace
Beauty will be born from our intercourse
As the fierce Sun rises to illuminate
Shivering between a symphony of temperature and pleasure
Our bridge will strengthen in metals and stone
Our worlds will open wide
A garden to flourish and spread over
Blossoms of trust, sound substance of
Citrus, honey, and supple pomegranates
Feeding our lives nutrients, thriving
The severe knight now transforms
Into the Empress, a balance
Gathering abundance of joy, prosperity
They shine down unto those precious to me
The dragon and phoenix coexist within my being
While Spirit trickles diamonds through my crown, down to my toes
Shedding what was never meant to be
Shame, fear, insecurity, a weak devil is left ineffectual
Embracing this victory, smiling, my well brimming of intimacy
My cups ready to give tenderness
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