"The Invitation" is an evocative, gothic poem that employs a hypnotic multilingual progression using English, French, and Latin to shift between sensory, intimate, and eternal tones.
The verses balance gentle seduction with dangerous imagery, symbolized by ethereal touch paired with a sharp sword, to demand total spiritual vulnerability from the reader.
The supernatural and predatory tone builds an atmosphere where yielding to the speaker's command—"Meus eris"—becomes an absolute decree.
The Invitation
(A lone voice whispers)
Can you feel my breath whispering through these lines?
Laissez-moi entrer là où dort votre âme
("Let me enter where your soul sleeps")
Can you feel the sharp edge of my sword as each word shines as they're expressed?
Can you feel my ethereal fingertips caressing your spine?
As your soul pines and pleads to be undressed.
If so, in the higher language of all that have come before:
Meus eris.
(You will be mine".)
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
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