Let me be that fulsome glass
To slake your thirst
The ruby for which
You have inceasingly sought
Then I shall be your
Amarone and your Zinfindel
Deep with complexities
As we mellow with age
And with careful fermentation
We shall sparkle like a thousand stars
In each other's soul.
This poem started out as an attempt to capture the ecstasy of hope when one is venturing into a possible relationship.
I was heavily influenced by mood of 'The Rubiyat'...I was also having fun with the wine symbology. The "Amarone and your Zinfindel' line is referencing the Greek alphabet sort of like saying 'the alpha and the omega'or 'everything from A to Z': an all encompassing relationship. It is not a God reference. Like a good wine, my hope is for a complex relationship. The 'thousand stars' is a champagne reference: Legend tells us that the creator of champagne, Dom Perignon, upon his first sip called out "Come quickly, I am drinking stars."
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