Not Love But Art (1995)

Not love but art:
rare dazzle of
the highland hour;
seducer combing
his black hair
on the sagging
porches of the heart.

He who obeys
by violating love;
Arrow barbed
in glowing iron
falling gorgeous
to the sea.

Gilding the
echoes
of love's
futile shout.

Solitary boat
rocking on a
black lacquer tide.