He walks on a seashore
Criss-crossing boulders
Rocks and stone
Standing naked –
A Classic Greek warrior
Facing the island of his
Final destination?
The huge rock face ahead
Out of an emerald sea –
A pointed head with a loose
Dark coat around his wide body
Shedding a giant drop of crystal
Water
Like in a burst of a female egg
That hovers in a state of
Crystallization
In front of the hero’s thighs.
Most god-like creatures
Especially man
Have been sculpted by the
Smack of the sea
Bronze heroes rescued from
The depths of the Med
Venerated by Romans
Carrying on with great art
Once Greek sculpture was
Cursed as idolatry
As Saulus turned Paulus
Saul to Paul.
HERO.OREH
zoltanzelan
ZJG-POetry’19.
(Reflections to a painting by
Odysseus Elytis on the cover
Of ‘Eros, Eros, Eros’. Poems).
Inspired by the poet: Odysseus Elytis’ painting on his poetry book: ‘Eros, Eros, Eros’.