Songs to the Dark Virgin lyrics
by Langston Hughes
Would that I were a jewel
A shattered jewel
That all my shining brilliants
Might fall at thy feet
Thou dark one
Would that I were a garment
A shimmering silken garment
That all my folds might wrap about thy body
Absorb thy body
Hold and hide thy body
Thou dark one
Would that I were a flame
But one sharp, leaping flame
To annihilate thy body
Thou dark one