Forever

A night would last forever on Olympus, Where bleeds the sorry vestige of humanity, In centuries of servitude and vanity And worship at false idol feet of clay. Beyond the superficial sheath of heresy The old gods fell to nothing fundamental, Gave ground and bowed before the incidental Antediluvian love that ruled the day. For all their brimstone brevity and bluster Consigned unto the ruins, buried under When true immortal feelings stole their thunder With human souls forever holding sway. I have tapped such genesis and marvel At beauty found in pastures old and new Yet could not bear to separate from you, We as one forever, let us pray...