To Apollon (Thargelia 2011) by Xaphriel, literature
Literature
To Apollon (Thargelia 2011)
Your celestial name is no longer your own
Spoken by millions in ignorant moans
More famous as rocket ship than as a God
An Olympian proud, besmirched as a fraud
Temple attracts less than your namesake theatre
Oil works, horses, towns, even craters
No more is it spoken with love or with fear
Your identity even, abused through the years
But some still yet know you as you should be known
The same you were then, our God of the bow
A lord of the sun, of light and of art
Brother to Artemis, the twin of your heart
Respect and our worship are all we can give
The least we can do for the lives that we live
You guide and you nurture, you l