The Dark Lady

02 June 2026

https://poems.culturing.net/2026/06/02/the-dark-lady/

The Dark Lady swirls around and around
in a mind no longer whole without her.
Who is she? The shadow, the hidden feminine,
the bedroom rage and silent, seductive gaze
of eternity, endless sex and consequences,
life itself brought down to its elements.

Are there women who can control her,
truly, and not by man's interjection?
Or must we feel afraid forever
of the Bacchae and their eruptions?