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Temple

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By Aspen Marie Published 9 months ago • 1 min read
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The sea

Is a lover

Who gives

As she takes

Giddy, breathless

She comes to me

Wrapped in diaphanous

Ribbons of ebony and silver

Moon is an invited voyeur

Casting glances upon

Our entangled limbs

Limned by his gaze

A harem are we

For I am not

The only one

Relishing her caress

In this moment

Sharing partners

In the dark

Without shame

Or reservation

Completely

She owns me

As she owns them

No gods can give me

The eternity I ache for

Ocean cannot be contained

confined to temples

Deaf to my petition

Poseidon’s reign

Sunk by the ages

She swallowed

Him whole

Long ago

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In love with life and all of its foibles.

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    Written by Aspen Marie