Sunday 4 October 2015

Poem 5: Radiant Flare


Ô grand astre solaire
Heaven's radiant flare

Beamer of shine
Over all that is fine

Let us stand tall
And in fear not fall

At the dark-clod feet
—we are but meek—

Of chiefs whose philosophy
Makes pity a mockery;

Worshippers of ringed Saturn
—Chronos of the evil turn—

Who frustrate men's needs
—as is their wont indeed—

Through the Machiavellian act
Of twisting Present Day's facts

Whether covering the flaws
Of falsely waged wars

Or bringing under control
The mind of manipulable souls.

O Leaders of Mankind!
At length you will find

That Time's ruler—the Sun—
In the field of life cannot be undone.