Michael Edwards

HE SPURNS APPROACH

 

 

 

HE SPURNS APPROACH

 

 

Folded in the arms of night

untrammelled by prevailing lust

tormented by passivity

his intermittent character

bears due regard for rectitude.

No servitor to instincts call

his eyes aglow his fire suppressed

despite her gentle moth-like touch

he spurns approach to union.