Heart Inflamed
Hold me back from the inspiration that grips my heart
Like shards of glass sounding
Piercing through to the deepest hidden part
Binding my heart to love
Hold me to the solace of selfish longing
That tenacious memory of
One night
Lost in passion
Lost in music
Lost in dance
You
Shot straight through like a spark
A fire unleashed in the whirlwind
Capturing my heart in the flame
© Sandy Hibbard 2016
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L'amour et Psyche by Francois Edouard Picot, 1817, tells the story of Cupid and Psyche. In the Greek mythological story, Cupid would leave every morning before Psyche woke from her sleep. Psyche's outstretched arm shows the space where Cupid would have been sleeping, however he leaves her in the morning. A great depiction of the complexities of love, status and family. "The angel looks back at the sleeping beauty with a goodbye glance– the older cupid teaching us that love, if anything, is fleeting, and you never know when you’ll wake up and your arm will be outstretched around nothing."
