Adonis and Aphrodite, Soul Partners
God and goddess of love and beauty enlaced
with aster in a satin sky, two hearts clenched
forever as one in a lover's embrace
Souls enraptured, desires of flesh ne'er to quench
In a timeless tale, soul mates excavated
Love at first sight conceived from his birth, her seed
of passion was planted, babe cultivated
'til mature, his splendor became her heart's need
The Garden of Adonis shall forever bloom with his beauty
Near a flowing river, grows from bloodshed and nectar, red anemone
He is fated to share his eternal love with Aphrodite of the sky
Tempted from the heavens and underworld, their fervor shall not die
Adonis and Aphrodite
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
for Soul Partners Contest (Nette Onclaud)
* a rispetto ending in two couplets
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