1.26.2022

there was terror already in her love

There was terror already 
in her love even before 
she knew for sure her lover was the god. 
 
Her forehead 
skidded a little on the sweat 
of his chest and close to his ear
 
Semele begged again for proof. 
And it didn’t feel like a myth or a metaphor to her 
as she burned up with the brightness she saw. 
 
[Elizabeth Campbell {1980- } “Semele”, from Poetry (May 2016)]

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