Myth, Literature and History
No Myth is Dead
“Tiresias, Sisyphus, Faustus, the old myths still walking the streets.”
Tiresias closed his eyesto keep the truth alive,when Oedipus stared blindlybeneath the star-strewn sky.
Sisyphus left no stone unturnedpaving the roads for men like him.
Cumaean Sibyl was not cursed,she cursed the earth with all her age.
Faustus sold his soulfor what he could not keep;we trade ours cheapfor clocks that never sleep.
Daphne rooted herselfto learn what fleeting meant,for trees stood freerthan the girl who ran.
Philomela lost her tongue,but found a thousand mouths,for silence itself revealwhat that the speech conceals.
Hell is empty;all devils are here.
World burns brighterThan Verona's sun,and louder stillthan what the sirens sung.
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Dua Fatima