There is a chain that goes
from your arched stance
of blaming this cruel world
for not choosing right
 
down the well of time,
encoded in each ring
the secrets of attraction,
a minuscule etching
 
for each successful child,
runes of symmetry,
of strength in battle
or invocation of light.
 
On Valentine's Day,
your feminine psyche
helpless through the curtain,
yet radiating life.
 

jam16