Aphrodite Poem by Sandra Kavanagh Josefsson

Aphrodite.

Surrounded by roses and doves,
there you stood in all your beauty,
the Goddess of love.

A symbol of prosperity and victory,
you were worshipped by many.
Beloved daughter of Zeus and Dione,
you were far from earthly.

Heavenly Aphrodite reveal to us
your hidden powers.
From a long time ago the halls of
Ishtar whispered your name.
The chimes of your immense beauty left its mark,
as was its aim.

From the fires of the phoenix you rose.
Dazzling us with your eternal essence.
For beauty for you was not just
an outside apparition,
but an inner core of luminescence.

Mother of Aeneas, Harmonia, Phobos,
Deimos, Eros and many more.
You have had many sorrows to contend with, in the stillness.
Where your tears fell,
wind flowers sprang up.
Everything you touched changed to loveliness.

Surrounded by roses and doves,
there you stood in all your beauty,
the Goddess of love 💙

Verse: Sandra Kavanagh (c) .20241204