Aphrodite, calling

Aphrodite, calling
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this is not love:
this insane, unreasoning passion
crushing, leaving me

helpless

and drowning
under the weight of its tempestuous waves
craving to breathe words

desperate

for the very taste of them on my tongue.
this is the madness of Aphrodite, calling;
the song in Sappho's ears as she leapt

into eternity