To have created a thing of such
exultant physical beauty
as the body of a woman,
God is truly sculptor;
but also we are lured
into things by His decree,
by Her ordaining thus:
that we should love, and Love,
with body and heart, entirely
united in our Souls,
whilst the laughter escaping
like Music, like Spring,
serves to further this end,
this purpose for which I have been risen
from the cake and dross of the Earth,
in order that the Sun and the Moon
may become One in Light,
and I might find myself
at the door of flaming mercy,
calling to my Beloved
through the Sanctuary: Love;
and in the stronghold of my woman,
in the fortress of her gaze,
I shall be safe.
09/03/2016
O. R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg