'Sine Cera' ... | Poetry

I remember how once long ago you fashioned me in wax with moore-like care twined tendrils of my hair about my face whilst whispering words of love in crafted ear my eyes you gave a lumiscent glow expression of desire was sculptured there

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'Sine Cera' ...

This article is more than 19 years old... Comes From the Latin Meaning 'Without Wax', Because When the Romans Made Pots They Sometimes Sealed the Base with Wax, Claiming That They Were Watertight, But in Time the Wax Melted or Wore Away, Rendering the Pot Useless For Liquids. Therefore Those Pots Not Finished With Wax Were Inscribed 'Sine Cera' To Prove That They Were Sound, and From This Evolved Our Word 'Sincere'

I remember how

once long ago

you fashioned me in wax

with moore-like care

twined tendrils of my hair

about my face

whilst whispering words of love

in crafted ear

my eyes you gave a lumiscent glow

expression of desire was sculptured there

and lips you took so long to mould so right

spent many a steamy night

embossed upon your own

then one day I awoke and you were gone

no reasoned explanation or good-bye

so I sat my waxen head beside a flame

and slowly, very slowly

like the setting of the day

I sadly watched my mad self melt away.

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