Arrival of Venus
She rose from the waters,
Off the shores of Cyprus.
Her long hair shimmering
Through the twilit sky.
Dripping, as she emerged,
Dragging her feet
Through the sand, then,
As she collapsed to her
Knees, not knowing of whom
Would be watching, as she let
Out a scream. Above her,
Circling, were an unkindness
Of ravens cawing her name.
For she was Venus, the one
And the same. In all her
Splendour, her beauty intoxicating,
She came. Never would life
Ever be the same. Every man
On earth, would kill for her.
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