The Goddess woos you
with a heartbreaking joy.
There is always pain
as your masks fracture one by one
but that too is Her tenderness.
The brittle boned scaffolding
of mind topples over.
Your dismay is in Her care
as She pulls you aside
to watch it collapse
in the slow motion replay
of yesterday, today and tomorrow.
She wounds you with the only remedy
that can heal the dead.
Her heartbreaking compassion
is to let that charade of yourself
decline and dwindle
with no hope of recovery
from the pain of Her love.
