IN THIS STATE

I somnambulate

Even when I’m awake.

Isee the ceramic screens

In out of space dreams.

I see mad visions of Hades

LEGENDS AND MYTH

I would have launched a thousand ships

And I would have sent ten thousand more.

If only she had come to my door.

For her I would have crawled on the floor

I could have given her so much joy.

But what did she do?

She married Menelaus of Troy.

When anyone could see

That the woman belonged to me.

You can call her Helen

But to me

She will always be.

My Aphrodite.

She will always be

My Goddess almighty.

She that hatched from the Hyacinthine egg

Could make I..

..Paris the son of Priam beg.

It was the game of the Gods.

And Gods can be sods

They can stack all the odds.

Still I pray.

THE SURVIVALIST

The evening once again sails into the night

And I in fear close my eyes tight.

Waiting for

The inevitable roar

Of the Lions that growl.