that smile of yours

that smile of yours

Sandro Botticelli, ‘Nascita di Venere’ (The Birth of Venus), c. 1484–1486.

you weren’t
born yesterday
there are
some years
washed out
under that
bridge
you didn’t just
step out of the
celestial garden
naked
delicious
with dew
(look now,
i’ve undressed you)
yet your smile
is newer than
the minute,
ahead
my every
leap of
heart
you
are
the
very
brilliance
that’s yet
to shine
hidden still
dark matter
they call it
between
the
stars
let it
blow
ain soph aur*

24 may 2016
a wet morning road

*Meaning ‘Limitless Light’ from the Jewish Kabala, and describing the manifestation of the creator as unbound light.

Copyright © 2016 Peter Le Baige. All Rights Reserved

The music is from a recording by Il Complesso Barocco of Claudio Monteverdi’s ‘Zefiro Torna’ Ode to Zephyr (the West Wind)