issue 31 > poetry > kuspit
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Head of an Egyptian Princess, Brown quartzite, ca. 1348-46 BCE
by Donald Kuspit
firmed by silence,
your
aloofness magnifies.
dark skin enlightening,
thick lips emboldening
tightlipped thoughts,
eyes seeing through time,
cut to the quick
of
consciousness,
where words and wisdom
fail to convince.
your serenity completes itself,
hermetically sealed
in stone,
your senses remain alert
through the ages,
your
enduring aliveness
the great gift
art can give.
your eternal youth
enables me to age gracefully,
re-learn love
when all seems hateful.
correct my asymmetrical life
with your symmetry.
all becoming false,
teach the truth of being.
your eyebrows are cunning
with enigma,
as beauty always is
when it is loved.