Sphinx

SPHINX you silent riddle of the lion stars ancient in mystery staring at omega in a terrible patience stone eyes are fixed at civilization fractures ground down by hubris all human history's here in these stinging sands stone maned lion symbol of king solitude patient as a Bedouin tending his camel such appetite for code unbroken in timeless stare hinting fury is near awaiting a new born generator of myths even in techno-chaos you are in our midst patient as a caravan tented under stars Stone Sahara Lion image cut from ages his appetite is time his labor enigma outlasts the flesh as grinding sands hums some meaning in a stone head dream of secret revelations harboring a shadow cast over our future by Charles Eastland from: The Car Has Ears - Selected Poems by Charles Eastland - Amazon Kindle eBook