I regret bitterly <br />The years of loving you in both <br />Your presence and absence, regret <br />The law, the vocation <br />That forbid me to keep you, the sea <br />A sheet of glass, the sun-bleached <br />Beauty of the Greek ships: how <br />Could I have power if <br />I had no wish <br />To transform you: as <br />You loved my body, <br />As you found there <br />Passion we held above <br />All other gifts, in that single moment <br />Over honor and hope, over <br />Loyalty, in the name of that bond <br />I refuse you <br />Such feeling for your wife <br />As will let you <br />Rest with her, I refuse you <br />Sleep again <br />If I cannot have you.<br /><br />Louise Gluck<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/circe-s-torment/
