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Stuart Boag

Road to Venus

Look...
wet dark the water flows
beneath a silver path of light
upon the river's vast breast

Listen...
luminous hope rises to the surface
to lead both heart and eye to Venus
high within the moonless night sky

See...
her star-bright true lover's flame
draws we mortal moths to soar
upon gossamer wings of mute emotion

Know...
this watery love-light imagining
this dark beneath the light
this marriage of hope and beauty
guide the soul and lead the self
into a most spectacular embrace.