12-01-2024, 04:19 PM
Prometheus, they say, was bound
on one of the mountains that marked
the northeast border between
civilization and barbarity.
Halkidiki, perhaps,
was too close to the heartland
of the Hellenes to contain
one such peak, but still
I imagine the fire he stole
through a single stalk of fennel
from the wheels of his cousin the Sun
was first employed to heat up
a ragged samovar,
brewing tea for Father Silouan
while his dear companions,
like the Titan in those nights
when the liver-eating eagle
took a breath and left
clear his view of the skies,
observed the stars.
on one of the mountains that marked
the northeast border between
civilization and barbarity.
Halkidiki, perhaps,
was too close to the heartland
of the Hellenes to contain
one such peak, but still
I imagine the fire he stole
through a single stalk of fennel
from the wheels of his cousin the Sun
was first employed to heat up
a ragged samovar,
brewing tea for Father Silouan
while his dear companions,
like the Titan in those nights
when the liver-eating eagle
took a breath and left
clear his view of the skies,
observed the stars.