Beryl Dov Lew: Lost in Venice

Beryl Dov Lew was born in Brooklyn, a small shtetl in New York. He performs live in clubs accompanied by his chutzpah, and is the winner of numerous awards, including the coveted ECHO Award in direct mail marketing. He is the author of A Primer of Love and 165 Tools & Techniques to Jumpstart Creativity , as well as four books of poetry. Beryl now resides in Bali, Indonesia, where he works as an artist.

His poem uses metaphor and simile to illustrate the learning about a person while falling in love to the ageless discoveries at every turn in an ancient city. Even though the discoveries may be old, they can be new and magical.

Lost in Venice

I only found you like I found Venice,
Lost in the skein of back alleys,
Secret gardens, shadowy passageways,
A pleasant discovery at every turn.
You too were a city of bridges,
Of limitless connection to my heart,
Which floated like a palazzo on the Adriatic,
Kept afloat by the spells you cast in your sleep.
Yes, you were this mystical city in microcosm,
A serene Vitruvian woman,
Truest measure of man,
Sipping your espresso in Piazza San Marco
And slowly vanishing under the flood waters
Like Atlantis.