Justified

This look you give
defies me:
"Kiss Me!"
Sacrilege you ask for?
Without speaking, your mouth asked me
Your mouth and eyes both asked me...
And shall I question Love himself?
So kiss you I shall
the lips of a god, the mouth of the divine
on mine...
thus are mortals and gods both satisfied
in something that should be sin
but isn't

"Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss" by Antonio Canova

(Poem: Joanne Shennan; written 24 Sept.., 2011)