SAINT JULIAN PRESS

KEVIN MCGRATH ~ POET

 

U T O P I A

 

N I N A

 

I am silenced by your beauty

Fluent light of your eyes

Stainless immoveable and lovely

Is your unbreakable desire

 

The misery that you inspired

And resentment cultivated

All these like summer rain

Could not overwhelm the fountain

 

In love with the unbetrothed

You turned into stone

And thinking of your freedom

You only became impulsive

 

Now you age beyond life

And at evening recall

So much reckless dalliance

Nothing can make you smile

 

Yet your beauty makes me quiet

There is water in your laughter

Even the garments you wear

Still imply your loveliness

 

What is to be said at last

There are flaws in our vision

Should slaves become impassioned

By what they never possess