Venus

Dancing 'round the Sun in robes
Of silvery blue and white
Looking at the Earth, unblinking
In the stellar night.

Seen afar, Her secrets hidden
From our prying eyes.
In Her arms, beneath her veils
One quickly burns and dies.

Goddess "Love", named long ago
Ere knowledge came to men.
Distant mysteries were
Undiscovered by our kin.

Now we know if foolish man
Approached Her deadly face
'Twould be devoured, without love.
An ash in her embrace.