Monday, August 30, 2004

Syzygy

Main Entry: syz·y·gy
Pronunciation: 'si-z&-jE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -gies
Etymology: Late Latin syzygia conjunction, from Greek, from syzygos yoked together, from syn- + zygon yoke -- more at YOKE
: the nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies (as the sun, moon, and earth during a solar or lunar eclipse) in a gravitational system


self indistinguishable from self
yoga of souls, perfectly aligned
zygotes cloned in a womb of love
yoked by passion, separation impossible
gravity binds us, I begin where you end
you and I indivisible from us

© Elle Lassiter, 2004

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