The Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea

 

You must believe in the Aegean Sea

wide-eyed waters tossed

by idle gods who play men false

when Paris sailed that sea

tore Helen’s beauty from the Greeks

 

Homer speaks

of long and glorious war

of those who chose the darkness of the grave

rather than linger on, in uneventful days

No.  The hero's course runs straight

only rush toward his fate

as do the waves that wash upon that shore.