Solis

Many are exploring, not sure of what they're looking for or even of where to look. Many, perhaps more abraded by life and years, fear not knowing where they might end up. They fear ruin and, perhaps, ruins where they'd dreamed of castles. Cavafy knows what they're looking for, and how to look for it. They're looking for their own Ithaka.

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As you set out for Ithaka
hope the voyage is a long one,
full of adventure, full of discovery. ...

Not a red rose or a satin heart.

I give you an onion.
It is a moon wrapped in brown paper.
It promises light
like the careful undressing of love.

Here.
It will blind you with tears
like a lover.
It will make your reflection
a wobbling photo of grief.

I am trying to be truthful.

Not a cute card or a kissogram.

I give you an onion.
Its fierce kiss will stay on your lips, ...

You might pursue an arrangement of "Sunshine on Leith" for solo vocal:

My heart was broken, my heart was broken
Sorrow Sorrow Sorrow Sorrow
My heart was broken, my heart was broken

You saw it, You claimed it
You touched it, You saved it

My tears are drying, my tears are drying
Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou
My tears are drying, my tears are drying

Your beauty and kindness
...

If anyone asks you
how the perfect satisfaction
of all our sexual wanting
will look, lift your face
and say,
Like this.

If anyone wants to know what "spirit" is,
or what "God’s fragrance" means,
lean your head toward him ...
Keep your face there close.
Like this.

When someone quotes the old poetic image
about clouds gradually uncovering the moon,
slowly loosen knot by knot ...