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A Virgin Above; A Human Below

In the cobalt saturated blue sky above
An indissoluble flesh of swarthy beauty
Shapes into something sweet, expounding love
To the heart of me, and my sense of duty
It is a duty to love; to love her I solemnly swear
To all God's creatures, on my family name
Her honor I protect, her respect I bear
And carry though life, and its entailment of shame
This sweet heavenly soul, in a sea of sky
Aloof from sin, passionately virgin she float
Aloft in tender mystery, veiled behind heaven's eye
Alone, alone like me, in peace in solitude remote
But she is there above, and I am here below
Innocent she remain, while to sin I seem to go…

poem by Kevin Michael Murphy
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