My Helen

Nude, we lay in the sun-drenched grass; I lay beside my lover, my friend, my life — My Helen.
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Tall as a Sequoia, stronger than the Pillars of Hercules, gentler than a baby’s laugh — My Helen.
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Temper like the summer gale, drenching rain, driving winds, lightning’s terror bringer — My Helen.
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Passionate thunder to shake, crack, and crumble Earth; brave men tremble, women wail — My Helen!
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Swiftly come, swifter gone, leaving only blue skies and gentle breezes, Eden’s shores — My Helen.
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Gentle kisses on forgotten wounds, softer words of love and sorrow for storm spent — My Helen.
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Desires rekindled, hunger stoked, our needs growing, our love reborn, in eternal orbit — My Helen.
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Our bodies one, our fingers meshed, release of love and yearning, we live and love again — My Helen!
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After another storm subsides, thirst slaked, sleep takes us, we lay upon the grass, me, and — My Helen.