Taurus

You stand there,
steady, hardened like
the rock of Gibraltar.
From afar,
nothing could ever be
sturdier or stronger,
and yet in your
creaking veins
trickle
down trinkets of rain,
morphing into frost come winter,
and blooming like the
flowers of Versailles in summer.

In sweet autumn,
when your kitchen smells of
homemade butter, and waffles,
and terracotta tiles on the terrace
blush rose-pink under the Venusian light
of late September,
I would like to
press you against
this beat in my chest,
and whisper poetry into your
soft dark hair,
thinking of how wide
your cornflower eyes
would be while listening.
And come Spring, I would bring
you lillies from the banks,
and we'll watch blazing sunsets
from the balcony
of some antiquated city,
where the streets are lit
with gasoline lamps
of baroque bronze,
and the air is alive with floral accents.

The pearls of light shall be
my muse, and infiltrate my sanity
with interpretations of unholy truths
in unswirled sanctity---
"we're all destined to fade, and die out,"
and I embrace that fact if I
can spend the few hours I have
with you in my arms.

Author's Note

I don't believe in the zodiac, but the personality traits are interesting enough. I wrote this compilation of poems to capture the aesthetic of each sign without being too cliché.

Taureans are born between April 21 and May 21, and belong to the Earth element of the zodiac (along with Virgo and Capricorn). The Earth sign collective are practical, stoic, determined, ambitious and materialistic.
They are famous for their stubbornness, but there’s more to them then that… they’re a bit of dark horse. Ruled by the planet Venus, they share her traits of beauty, poetry, artistry, hedonism and a love of luxury and comfort. 

Reviews

[barleygirl]

We all write stuff from points of view that are not our own. I feel your poem is quite different than any way that I've ever thought a "taurus" person to be, which is a good thing. I would've been disappointed if this was a rehash of the typical superficial astrology. You made this into a real person. Actually, your writing totally escapes the narrow confines you set up for it. I don't see zodiac in this at all, but rather a strong vivid palpable characterization of an actual someone (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Patricia Wedel]

dear poet... I was born on April 23... I adore your painting of our sign.
the traits are true to form... the colors of our personalities are magenta and gold..
we are very giving of mercy and tenderness. truly, Pat