Sonnet to Orpheus
Oh you gentle ones, every once in a while step
into the breath that is indifferent to you,
let it be parted on your cheeks,
behind you it trembles, reunited.
Oh you blessed ones, oh you whole ones,
you who seem to be the beginning of the hearts.
Bow of arrows and target of arrows,
your smile beams eternally with tears.
Do not fear to suffer the heaviness,
give it back to earth's weight:
heavy are the mountains. Heavy are the oceans.
Even what you planted as children,
the trees, have long become too heavy;
you could not carry them.
But the breezes... but the spaces...
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The son of a king of Thrace and the muse Calliope, Orpheus was the artful poet,
ReplyDeletemusician and singer of Greek Mythology. His beautiful, young bride was Eurydice.
Eurydice would shortly have the misfortune of stepping on a snake and dying from
the venom. With his lyre, Orpheus went to the Underworld to plead with its
ruler, Hades, for her release. With his sweet music he was able to persuade
Hades to release Eurydice.
Hades agreed that Eurydice could return on one condition: that Orpheus should not
look at her until both had left the Underworld. He guided his wife through the
dark with the music of his lyre. But his longing to look at her overcame him.
He turned to embrace her, only to see her slip back into Hades.
What an incredibly sad story, Steve!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know who Orpheus was...
More proof that love = PAIN!
Pain is also love.
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