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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

Copyright © Charles Eastland

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