A Classic Summer In Greece For Fantasy Contest

A CLASSIC SUMMER IN GREECE Viciousness and mystery erupt on arid soil. Summer heat and idle time can make the spirits boil. Languishing in stuffy rooms with very little sleep-- Night time flickers of the light-- imagination leaps. Heat that beckons times long past invade a fevered head— Athena pleases lovers mid her goddess silken bed, Grecian legs march bravely –- prelude Olympian races-- Soldiers dream they sail away to see exotic places. Heat waves shimmer landscape –men will do what they are told-- Spearborn soldiers helmeted sing down a dusty road. Tho in mind they join their lovers whispering by the sea, Drink of mountain waters --rest their head on sweetheart’s knee Helen, when she sailed away –a wayward selfish wife Without a backward glance she risked the cost of human life-- Was it the heat that made her crazed to do this foolish thing? A fit of summer boredom could create this witless fling. Autumn winds are blowing now-- Troy’s nights turn cool and fair-- Does Paris try to ditch her --as naked Helen combs her hair-- Does Hector tell his brother--get this woman out of here-- Does Helen beg to stay-- and tell her lover not to fear? Heat can play the brain and make it dance a backward tune-- Clarity as sun tricks down—repeats a former June, Perhaps there is a lesson learned from heat that sears the soul-- Summertime romance will write us each a tragic role. Victoria Anderson Throop © 1/11/13