Sonnet VIII:

Adonis

2012, Olan L. Smith

Fair maid of old; your kiss remains in thought

Another time enfolds us ― heaven's gloom

Lay bare devotion; Aphrodite brought

Elation to my heart and hence this brume.

Our moment pivotal where time stood still

And lay me under sacred blooms complete;

Its dew drops drenched my appetite ― freewill?

Thus thine appeal; my thirst remains replete.

Am I content? Assuredly my liege,

And soon this time will pass and I will be

Undoubtedly rejoined, alas; besiege

My wontedness of past mistakes my fee―

I hunted Artemis' wild boar against

Desire and this conclusion recompense.