Loneliness
And I showed Zeus my first verse
maze-like delicate quatrain
eyes that became epicenter
bell that chimed its aloofness
when flat-footed I stepped into
the fresh and shallow water
vague line of the horizon
merciless hymn hymning hymnal
vespers alike pathways of my mind
traversing my archaic depths
before my advent into this world
caustic gases that choked the soldiers
orders of generals decorated for valor
and death blessing the short years
of the unlucky, loneliness
residing in my primeval verse
Manolis 