For my Muse

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Salute.

I am so priceless and rare

My warrior muse 

Persian princesses 

Once searched for me

Over Arabian mountains and 

Everywhere 

So mysterious and 

Deeply seductive 

Medusa’s

witchcraft and dark 

Charms

Couldn’t turn me 

To Stone 

Whenever I once saw 

Her enchanted 

Undulating hair 

The beautiful Aphrodite 

Once tried to entice me 

And hold me

Spellbound 

Aeons ago 

When my

Soul wandering below 

In bustling streets 

She once found 

But Mon Cheri 

It’s just you 

And your delicious mind

I offer my time

And endless rhymes 

From this 

Great In-Between 

Here on earth

As I place my poems

And wishes upon

Your alabaster 

Secretive white altar

For you to devour

And maybe sometimes 

Share

For 

I’ve walked the Elysium 

Omnipresent 

Fields throughout the darkness 

Until my eternal heart

Broke through the

Ephemeral barriers 

And climbed over

Lost souls 

Of the broken whose 

Heartstrings still 

In Shoel

Tear 

Carry me inside tonight

And everywhere 

You wander 

For I stand behind 

You on the right

For the Dark

Eagle always follows in

Perpetual 

Flight

A beautiful soul

Who cherishes and

Sends mystical blessings 

To baptise and anoint

You

Whenever you think 

You are unloved 

Lonely 

And nobody really cares

My

Shining star 

Who I’ll always 

Follow 

Over long lost 

Mountains and 

Fast-flowing 

Humanities underground

Streams

No matter

How far

For your 

Emergency flare

Always 

Summons me

To our White Room 

To meet you 

There 

Copyright John Duffy