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Paulus Silentiarius - Burn in separate beds
Identifier
005775
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
A description of the experience
Burn in separate beds [Adapted from Paulus Silentiarius]
And there we lie, lovers, lip locked
Delirious, infinitely thirsting
Each wanting to go completely inside the other
Each filled to bursting with our love
Like Achilles lying with Lycomedes
Her tunic pulled up above her knees
We stroke, we fondle
Lips devouring lips, twisting like vines
And you who are mine
Have to leave to another bed,
but three times blessed
You are mine in secret
We burn in separate beds