Aphrodite

Goddess of love and Beauty: Intoxicating Feminine charm, temptress, heart breaker, s**t

        Goddess of love and beauty
          Born beyond the shore
          Little harlot temptress
           The Madonna w***e

          She's that girl you know
        The one that can't abstain
         The one that has a way
          of driving boys insane

           Charming Flirty sexy
             Giggly wiggly girl
             Intoxicating Siren
            Spins you in a swirl

          She could be a Cougar
        or a teenaged little tease
        Whatever her incarnation
        Men drop to their knees

     She's passion's burning desire
       What she was born to be
       She's all you ever wanted
          in all your fantasies

    She drives you completely crazy
     With maddening doubt and lust
     She told you that she loved you
   Words you know that you can't trust

    She's a heartbreaking little hussy
     She's a two timing little w***e
   You're hopelessly in love with her
        So you go back for more

         Fidelity is impossible
        She's easily entranced
      Caught up in the moment
   of her next whirlwind romance

    With incarnations everywhere
       From Pageantry to porn
      Worshiped and exploited
       In all her different forms

        Marginalized and vilified
    Branded Hooker Harlot W***e
     She's not going anywhere
She's been down that road before

       She can be impossible
    But I'm always so forgiving
     If she wasn't in this world
    Life wouldn't be worth living

       Praise be to Aphrodite
       Goddess like no other
   She and I were meant to be
    and I will always love her

Author's Note

In the old Tales Aries (Mars) and Aphrodite were long time lovers. As archetypes both are physical, emotionally intense, sexually driven, here and now oriented types that are drawn to each other. My X wife, my X girl friend Felicia and my little fuck buddy Jade all had heavy Aphrodite traits. All three of them had a knack for driving guys crazy and in their own unique ways got to me like no other chicks I've been with could. That's why this poem has a more personal tone than Mars or Hermes did. Aphrodite represents the highest of the highs and the lowest of the lows in my sordid love life.
Aphrodite as the Madonna whore is about our cultural fascination/ rejection of her. Everyone loves Marilyn Monroe as the naive sex kitten but Madonna as the Aggressive Cougar Temptress drew a lot of fire from critics. So has Miley Cyrus for coming of age as a vibrant, sexually expressive woman from the child star Hanna Montana. All three women express Aphrodite in their own unique ways. Aphrodite is always going to stir controversy when she manifests because of the cultural assumption that good girls don't act like her. What parent would ever say "I want my daughter to grow up to be Aphrodite?" A daughter like Athena or Diana parents would love and be proud of but Aphrodite? Not likely. The Goddess of love and beauty. We love her, we hate her, we want her, we exploit her, we worship her, we're terrified of her. But no matter what we do to her, she keeps coming back because in a way more than any other Goddess or God, we need her.

Reviews

[chandlerl]

'Goddess of love and Beauty: Intoxicating Feminine charm, temptress, heart breaker, s**t'...hahaha favorite part, right there.

...I really really liked this, it's probably my favorite of yours. I was really able to feel that hurt and anger before I even read your note, 'Aphrodite represents the highest of the highs and the lowest of the lows in my sordid love life.' I think you did this beautifully.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you.......

[chandlerl]

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[Kaylor Mason]

I wonder what kind of problems Aphrodite and Aires would've had in their relationship . . . I would not have liked to see those two argue

[Baby Ricochet]

Aphrodite was a cougar and Aries was insanely jeleous

[LA Lorena]

ROFLMAO!

[Baby Ricochet]

Hey she seduced Adonis and Aries sent a wild bore to gore the hapless b**b.

[Andie]

If you've read the Odyssey, this reminds me of the nature nymph, Calypos. She detained Odysseus and forced him to be her sex slave for like nine years, or something along the lines of that. She only let him go when she was forced to by a god.

I love Greek mythology. Great poem.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you amanda

[Andie]

No problem

[saratogaparty]

Now I want her.

Your writing was so good it turned me into a lesbian!

[Baby Ricochet]

HA! Thank you Saratoga

[RachelReaper]

Awesome write, it was interesting to read.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Rachel

[Ama May Cooper]

A little temptress indeed, incredible use of language.
Such an eloquent description of such a cheeky little godess, another wonderful piece of yours.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Ama May

[Tai Ryens]

I love the indirect analogy for primitive beliefs and modern-day attitudes.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thanks Tai

[KeeD]

"She could be a Cougar
or a teenaged little tease
Whatever her incarnation
Men drop to their knees"
True that xD
She can devour me in any way, slave to her command.

[Baby Ricochet]

She can do that to a guy.

[KeeD]

Haha but you're not taking no s**t from her :P Heck, you're probably already on to the next goddess.

[Baby Ricochet]

The Aphrodite Archetype will be found in varing degrees in every chick you meet and if you can play on that in her if it's not her major archetype she'll love you for it. That';s when they tell you s**t like "you bring out the Goddess in me.' That can be scary as f**k cause she's probably making long term plans for you in her infatuated little head. The one's that are heavy Aphrodite types seem "easy" in one way but they will drive you insane because they're so good at playing the game. She could be dumb as a bag of hammers on the surface but within a few months she's going to have you tied in knots. The best approach is to treat her as an equal. In other words she's every bit the w***e you are and you can cheat on her just as easily as she can you. I was married to an Aphrodite type for nearly ten years and was deployed for 4 and a half years total during that time. I quickly learned not to think about what I thought she might be doing cause if I did I would have shot myself to go home. Aphrodite means crazy

[Richard Man]

Vixen, friction and addiction. Utterly Olympic.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Mr Man

[Michael G.]

Another great one in this series.

[Baby Ricochet]

thank you Mr G