Earthbound- and still Sisyphus rolls his stone; <br />The gods are angry, and it's us they smite- <br />Bound in chains, and Tantalus softly moans, <br />Sly Hades steals half a years sunlight. <br /> <br />Earthbound- for there you are and here am I; <br />Each chained by circumstance beyond his might, <br />No gods intervene at the sound of sighs- <br />While Earth makes do with six months of light. <br /> <br />Earthbound- no verses, no spell can cast, <br />For time and space keep the keys of night, <br />And nothing alive lives forever; can last- <br />But nothing brave lacks courage to fight. <br /> <br />A sign I'll send you, from my dungeon walls: <br />There's no peace reigns where no blade can fall..<br /><br />Patti Masterman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/earthbound-4/
