It is said – love is the great conqueror.
Caesar of emotions,
Napoleonic passion,
ruling heart and mind.
Tales of Tristan and Isolde,
Mariotto and Giannoza.
Yet, who among us has ever loved without
loss or pain?
Counting the days between our fingers,
wishing on fiery suns.
Heavenly bodies circle desire – night overtakes day.
A vanquishing of isolation/fear/want.
We see ourselves as others do not.
Climbing a summit of Amor.
A reach beyond reality,
a grasp before the fall.
We want what we cannot have,
always citing knowledge over fact,
hoping love rises above all.
Praise be Aphrodite!
Ann Christine Tabaka was nominated for the 2017 Pushcart Prize in Poetry. She is the winner of Spillwords Press 2020 Publication of the Year, her bio is featured in the “Who’s Who of Emerging Writers 2020 and 2021,” published by Sweetycat Press. She is the author of 13 poetry books. lives in Delaware, USA. She loves gardening and cooking. Chris lives with her husband and four cats. Her most recent credits are: Sparks of Calliope; The Closed Eye Open, Poetic Sun, Tangled Locks Journal, Wild Roof Journal, The American Writers Review, The Scribe Magazine, The Phoenix, Burningword Literary Journal, Muddy River Poetry Review, The Silver Blade, Pomona Valley Review, West Texas Literary Review, The Hungry Chimera, Sheila-Na-Gig, Fourth & Sycamore.
*(a complete list of publications is available upon request)
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