U is for Ulysses
His travels are
unrest
until
his newer world.
Hero
with life he swallows
licking the last of every drop.
Following knowledge
like a sinking star.
In Troy
he left his name.
His "delight in battle"
a horse
in
war.
Onward, towards the
untraveled worlds
before the margin fades.
He returns with the Star of Dawn
Bootes and Pleiades
can both be seen.
A configuration of form
in the twilight sky.
They lost their life together
in prime
and flowering years.
As the sun-warmed earth is longed for by a swimmer
his dear wife,
still clear and faithful
Bootes and Pleiades
can both be seen.
A configuration of form
in the twilight sky.
They lost their life together
in prime
and flowering years.
As the sun-warmed earth is longed for by a swimmer
his dear wife,
still clear and faithful
after the test of years.
Moved earth and heaven.
Made weak by time
and fate.
That is what
what we are.
Equal in temper
strayed by starlet
strayed by starlet
of a heroic heart.
