Sad Goddess Poem by Bryan Riley

Sad goddess sit
upon your
throne of night
Gaze into your
darkened crystal

See the ships
that touch the sun
the slice of life
the rape of beauty

Fair maiden watch
from on your
pedestal of
starlight

Fall the watchers
from dead waters
froth of madness
tear asunder

Old woman
die from
captive bondage
drink the stinking
waters foul
the poison

Dear lady
touched not once
in passion
coursing winding
down to silence

Starlit fire
shine on brightly
warm and
breathe the
drunken whisper

Sad goddess
sit high upon
your chair of
naught

While all the rest
is cursing
grinding
up to
violence