EROS and Psyche

A long time ago. In a land far away.
In a period in time when Gods would come to play.
There stood the God of love Eros was his name.
With a magical bow and arrow, love was his game.
His mother Aphrodite with beauty beyond measure.
Started to grow uneasily when her worshipers.
Neglected her temple for a mortal.
Said to have a beauty to be her rival.
She sent Eros down to make her.
Fall in love with a hideous monster.
When Eros eyes fell upon her, his heart swelled.
And so in love with her he fell.
He could not go back to his mother with such a tale.
So he went back and pretended all went well.

Psyche was her name.
A beautiful dame.
But with great beauty comes great shame.
For marriage would not come for every man.
Couldn't get pass her attractiveness.
Her parents grew restless.
And took her to the Oracle of Delphi.
The Oracle would explain to thee.
“Despair, king. Your daughter will marry.
A beast even the gods fear, so hurry.
Dress her in clothes as dark as the ashes of a fire.
Then take her to the tallest rock spire.
There, she shall meet her doom,
And eventually her groom.”

The king was heartbroken but did as the Oracle said.
At the highest spire in the kingdom, Psyche waited.
But doom didn't come only something unexpected.
Zephyrus, God of the wind, would come to save her.
Took her to a place of grand splender.
She found herself in a palace of gems and gold.
An invisible voice told her she was at home.
She took a bath and ate a feast.
All while the invisible voice played the lyre.
This is when she learned she was now married.
For the voice was her husband and she his wife.
But there were rules, he would come only at night.
And she could never see his face or know his name.
He didn't want her to see him as anything but a man.

She feared him at the beginning.
Eventually growing to love him.
Her nights were filled with love and pleasure.
Her days was a loneliness she...