Poetry Blog No 162 Apollo

Apollo

Myth and mythical figures are, I believe, more than stories. They can give us imaginative and living experiences of truths. We can imagine ourselves, for example, as a "being" of light- shining the spirit light of our awareness on all around. This piece tries to embody this in simple and direct verse.

APOLLO

Apollo, with his shining sight

And his gold-bright bow,

Rode upon the sun's broad glow

And shot the dragon of dark night

With his dawning shafts of light.

So may that power be in our sight,

So may that power be in our souls-

The power of spirit light.

So may clear seeing

Glow from our being-

As a sun

Into the dark,

Like a sun

Within each heart.