Fallen Venus

There is no more beauty left in this world.
Venus has fallen from her pedestal
To lie broken on the earth:
A shattered woman.

I lie here, so close
I can finally see you
Turning away from me
In disgust.

I can not reach you
To touch you
To call you back
To me

I lie here
Broken
Shattered
Flawed.

Attainable
And undesired.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
And I am not beheld.