ODYSSEY

I
On my long journey home
I came upon
the place where the Lotus eaters play.
They fed me with the fruit of forgetfulness
and they told me
that’s where the truth lay.
And I came briefly under their sway…

II
…but I watched them fall down
one by one,
as the light in their eyes went dark.
I began to feel my own self slipping away,
and I knew I was missing the mark.
It was time once again to embark…
for home.

III
At length 
I found myself surrounded,
by the one-eyed reductionist horde.
They tried to devour all my hopes and dreams,
with the philosophies upon which they gorge;
but they struck a dissonant chord!

IV
And I watched them 
as they led their lives,
without meaning…void of hope.
Their loudly professed ”realism” proved 
nothing more 
than a hangman’s rope.
So I turned away 
from that slippery slope.

V
I sail upon a stormy sea
where countless dangers lie;
in search of peaceful harbors
where I can stop and rest awhile…

VI
Of all the temptations I’ve encountered,
as I journeyed on my way.
None was quite as alluring,
as the sight of Kalypso’s cave…
but she lives only to enslave…

VII
Well she held me distracted and captive,
—a prisoner of her many dark charms;
but I soon realized there was death in her eyes,
and I knew she meant my soul harm.
It was time once again to move on…

VIII
The star I that follow shines brighter,
than the sun on a mid-summer’s  day.
It lights up my perilous path homeward,
as I continue on my way.
Tomorrow’s another day…

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