O Jupiter

O love, come, the light is done
The night’s uncovered its diamonds
Climb the spiral staircase higher
Call the old gods to come and hold us

O Jupiter, your moons and her
Half-faded out of sight, of sight and sound
O Jupiter, your room of worlds
We fold the light into the night

O love, see the filigree
As our eyes conceive of Ganymede
Cast our dice into the silence
Of Io’s lair and fall into the air

Of Jupiter, your moons and her
How fine a thread across the firmaments
O Jupiter, your loom of pearl
We lure the light into our line of sight

O Jupiter, your moons and her
A single line, a hand, a hand in mine
O Jupiter, so soon the spur
What comes from this?
The bliss, the bliss, the bliss?