A Poem For Today - PENELOPE AND ODYSSEUS

[KEN DICKINSON]

PENELOPE AND ODYSSEUS

Not the moment when he slays the suitors

in the palace, their wild cries thicker

than history. Not the moment

when he shows them all his great deeds,

the dark scars where they tied him

from the Sirens.

Not the moment someone touches him

in wonder

and feels Hector's death,

the flames of Troy, no land.

Not any of those moments. No.

Not those but the moment

he stands face to face with only her

and takes off the last of his armor

and she comes to him and touches his shoulder.

History is what happens

when we step out of the myths

and see the real mess standing before us.

Love is what happens after that.

Joseph Fasano

[Isabel Torres-Carrilho]

Interesting!

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[Chris Wells]

Lovely