Love is not eternal

Aphrodite has abandoned me
leaving me destitute
amidst my throes

Painful mornings I wake to
your fingers sculpting
my insides like stone

There is nothing at all left
except a classical
Grecian statue

That has frozen and fallen
crumbled and cold
in these ruins

Where you once flowered
gathering hearts
mine you desired

Romance the sweet sacrifice
that has sunken my ship
in Greek fire

Arrows sung a song long
of this sweet
love's defeat

When my mind still wishes
you were everyone
on the street

Not that I expected gods
to petition
my cause

To a dying mythology
where the goddess wins
and I have lost