Preface

"We work in the dark, We do what we can, We give what we have, Our doubt is our passion, And our passion is our task, The rest is the madness of art” ~Henry James

Sunday, August 31, 2008

The Plunder of Youth

I squandered away my state of righteousness
For the plunder of youthful skin as autumn
And the Fall came quickly slipping and sliding between
The intercourse of lust and passion
And I was amazed only by what I'd lost
For more precious than what we'd gained.

© Raymond t. Carter 2001