Baby-witch,
my daughter,
my worship of the Goddess
alone
condemns you to the fire. . .
I blow upon
your least fingernail
& it flares cyclamen & rose.
I suck flames from your ears.
I touch your perfect nostrils
& they, too, flame gently
like that pale rose
called 'sweetheart'.
Your eyelids are tender purple
like the base of the flame
before it blues.
O child of fire,
O tiny devotee of the Goddess-
I wished for you
to be born a daughter
though we know
that daughters
cannot but be
born for burning
like the fatal
tree.
Baby Witch
Erica Jong
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Poem topics: alone, baby, child, perfect, purple, tree, tender, touch, gently, worship, daughter, fire, rose, flame, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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