Helen's Incidentals

You are the sun and moon

And Venus, bright and bare

Alight with pearl and ivory robe

A translucent caressing dare

That plays in shadow, a loom

That weaves alluring locks in

Ropes of crimson hair, a welcome

Shackle, whose bosom beckons, invites

The broken door that bleeds

For ransom, the queen that launched

A thousand ships, sits staring

At a broken mirror, there

Inside the hull of a traitor’s ship, gazing

At her oozing lip, the fire of ants crawling

Inside, her splayed legs, shuttering,

Dizzy, head spun black

From all her blinding power 

Reviews

[Phill Oz O'fee]

Wow - great interpretation - The marriage of Helen and Menelaus marks the beginning of the end of the age of heroes. Concluding the catalogue of Helen's suitors, Hesiod reports Zeus' plan to obliterate the race of men and the heroes in particular. It is disputed whether she eloped or was abducted (and raped) by Paris, but it did trigger the 'Trojan wars'! Great write ....

[Kristina Moulaison]

Thank you! I appreciate you reading and sharing your thoughts!

[Creepy Swine Guy]

This started very warm and adoring, then ... it took a turn! I have not yet decided if this is a turn toward the macabre, or the erotic (I think it can be interpreted either way). Pray tell ... what did you have in mind as your pen scratched its way across the parchment??

[Kristina Moulaison]

Hmm, yes well. This is me reflecting on Helen of Troy, a woman of great beauty (the face that launched a thousand ships and all that). Her mythology finds her kidnapped, raped - fought over and adored. I find her the perfect symbol for the "power" that people attribute to women simply due to their sex appeal. I am sarcastically asking the reader how powerful Helen feels after "wielding her power' over men, as she is clearly a captive victim of the passion she is "guilty" of inciting. Just a little light reading. ;)

[Creepy Swine Guy]

So then ... one might say that it was your intention to have both dark and erotic elements refected there??

[Kristina Moulaison]

Yes, mostly ironically so. Reality is complex.