‘You Can Always be Rescued By The Love of A Good Woman?’

by

Douglas Holder

And she will be your Demeter.

She will dive

under

again and again

to your underworld,

save you from yourself

lead you from the fray

steady your shaking hand,

steer you

with her moral compass.

And she is pure

and true

as long

as the

focus

is on

you.