Within a stalk of fennel hid, <br />Prometheus took fire for <br />some poor ancestral hominid, <br />infuriating Zeus in lore. <br />Our forbears lived by nature's law <br />and myth to truth is paradox, <br />yet when they cooked their food from raw, <br />they travelled paths unorthodox. <br /> <br />Zeus fashioned clay in counterbid, <br />first woman, cursed with moral flaw. <br />Pandora batted sweet eyelid, <br />Prometheus refused, wherefore <br />Zeus chained him, while an eagle tore <br />his liver flayed upon the rocks. <br />When Titan sought mankind's rapport, <br />he travelled paths unorthodox. <br /> <br />Zeus gave a jar and then forbid, <br />Pandora look into it's maw. <br />Of course, she peeked inside the lid <br />and helpless, watched the ills outpour. <br />Does hope remain for us in store? <br />the vessel, be it jar or box. <br />When prying led her to explore, <br />she travelled paths unorthodox. <br /> <br />Shall we live happy evermore? <br />our bodies shaped by boon and pox. <br />Will future beings add encore? <br />They travelled paths unorthodox.<br /><br />Diane Hine<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ballade-legacy/
