Reverence

 

A piece that reflects a mythic, romantic invocation addressed to a woman who holds profound emotional, almost supernatural significance for the speaker. 

Blending myth, ancient royalty, and cosmic imagery to elevate the relationship to something archetypal rather than merely personal.

To shape the narrative:

When you first fall in love, your beloved other half can seem to be the greatest person in the whole wide world.

Have you met your own greatest person in the entire wide world yet?

Title.

Reverence

(A lone voice whispers)

There was something so extraordinary about you.

Cleopatra's inner circle would have wept.

Your inescapable power and grace rolled in like November's sea fog while sleeping kings and queens slept.

Like Midhir or Mab, from the Wild Woods.

You just understood where all my deepest secrets were kept.

In the great void where time and deep space intersect.

So this poetic artifact is for you.

The only woman who once opened me up like a can of worms and offered to heal me as her white ritual candle burned.

(C)

Copyright John Duffy 

Reverence:

A deep respect for someone or something.

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