searching for Helen

 

erosion

a warm and friendly rush

a chance of beauty never seen

now and again, I lose my breath

 

but moments in between

are just a blur of pink and flesh and white

and everyone is all a-smiles

and all the while


I’m searching for Helen

 

nakedness

laid bare my soul for skin

I’m a leper inside out

I’m falling off, I’m caving in

 

but moments in between

I feel I’m next to God

I’m a superhero saint!

cut me down

I’m searching for Helen

 

we men of Troy adore you

failing in our needs before you

your beauty launched a thousand sins

yet from the hands of God it all begins

 

we men and boys adore you

we pervert you and distort you

our weakness launched a thousand sins

yet from the hands of God it all begins…

 

© 1998 lance saint ash