Force and the Angels Not
Thrown Out from Heaven
The lover loving you will die but not
The love. His adoration, like a soul,
Is made of immortality and wrought
Like Jesus, Who, eternal, God and whole
Man, wholly man, cannot be killed by death
But lived unconquered even while his corpse
Was bound in spices, giving off the breath
Of doom completely doomed. True male love warps
Death’s galaxies entirely. It is one
In flesh and spirit, perfect in its thrust
Against the evil of defeat and has won
The war against death’s all too peaceful lust.
The one who loves you tenders manly love
Allied with ravished stars in realms above.