Ravaged By Your Beauty

Ravaged by your beauty

My life is laid bare

Who am I laying here

my shame face brightly on?

Clothed in self displeasure

and draped in a covering,

of unending embrace.

How can this be,

this, this, twisted reality?

Gouge out current eyes

their truth replaced

by your devastating splendor.

Then I’ll finally see

The old new

Worthless valued

Dead reborn.

Breathe out your loveliness

And give me new life.

A life ravaged by your beauty.

_{Craig M. Coon}

_{Dec 31st 2005}