Grasshopper
Beautiful Eos, goddess of dawn
Cursed to love a man like me.
How could I not be drawn
To your luminous beauty?
So I, Tithonus, Prince of Troy,
Plucked the fruit from heaven's sky.
A mortal man who would enjoy
Heaven's bliss with Dawn to lie.
My only love, I did beseech
Grant this man immortality.
Beware for what you reach
Can love last for all eternity?
In granting my wish dear heart,
Eternal youth goes hand in hand.
You did forget this crucial part
Now I grow older you understand.
What use is this immortality
If you are old and weak and frail?
I beg dear heart, set me free
Let my boat to Hades sail.
For I cannot live nor can I die
My love this is so improper.
Wipe the tears from your eye
Change me into a grasshopper.
In the early morn I chirrup to you
Goddess of dawn, my lovely wife.
You are the perfect drop of dew
On the fragile petals of my life.
Copyright © Heidie Buys | Year Posted 2008
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