REFLECTIONS ON AN ENCOUNTER

WITH THE FEMININE

JOHN MILLEN

My timid, sensitive, honest feelings,

How easily they are driven underground,

Overwhelmed by sentimental moods,

By ungrounded desire.

The world changes in that unwary moment

When delightful conversation becomes excited expectation,

And fellow mortals turn into gods.

Afterwards —

Exposed and alone, I mourn the loss of her company,

And wonder how 1 am to recover.

With her?

With myself?

That whore of a god!

Armed with intimate knowledge of my most private weakness,

She leads me with breathtaking certainty

Away from my humanity,

Away from my life!

OH WOMAN!

In desperation I run after her

And show her my wound.

JOHN MILLEN is a long time member and workshop leader of Round Table

Associates, a participant in the Philadelphia Jung Seminars, and a Counselor

on private practice who incorporates astrology and sand play in his

approach. His passion for sailing has led to building his own boat in which

he has made a 10,000 mile journey to the Islands.