Orphic
‘I,
am simply,
built different’
- They say
‘For i,
am not a fool,
if I had Orpheus’ muse
I too!
would dare
to bring her back,
another breath stolen from the days
stretched out towards the horizon
But I simply
would not look back
and fumble
at the final step
along the way’

Liars.
All

For Orpheus, dearest Orpheus,
Was only there in the underworld
COULD ONLY
find their way to a remembered Eurydice,
By tugging
on his own bloody heartstrings
Like labyrinthine thread
Evading the words
Of gods

We all look back

If you say you wouldn’t
you’re Lying
for
You
Would
Not
Be
There!
in the depths of Tartarus as he was
if you did not believe in
your ability to cheat
Death
Itself,


as if the promises of forever were just words
as if by the dream of a love beyond the stars
beyond death
could be fooled by a fiend

they wouldn’t call it a tragic hero
if Orpheus was one without the other
but everyone
eventually….



looks back