The Muse's Consolation

To penetrate the fresh bloom of a flower,

     is a rare joy, a kind of love felt deeply,

when virgins struggle, full of desire's power,

     then collapse in warm, sensual link so sweetly.

With one, I have not known such love before;

     not in a touch, but found in books and lines,

a kind of joy that I love and explore,

     is art whose beauty lyrically shines.

Although I'll never know the former love

     aforementioned, the Muse's consolation

is my reward: chaste, and pure as a dove,

     she uplifts me to peaks of inspiration!

If love must be to love a woman only,

then the Muse's bloom keeps me from being lonely.

By Ngoc Nguyen

From: United States