I am on the coast of Crete
the Mediterranean swallows the horizon,
It is green and blue in the dawn,
and it's waves are singing to me.
The sky is a deep red,
and I am pulled back to my world,
a world of treason,
a world of death.
Was it so horrible what I did?
Do I deserve this? Is it I,
that person so long ago,
carefree and laughing--standing here now?
The block is laid before me
and I think of Syracuse,
my love, my home, my life,
gone forever in the blink of an eye.
I face the dawn and stare for one last moment.
I am brave, and I will keep my eyes open,
for I am a man, a panther, a god!
I will not be afraid of the ax, or what lies beyond!
The dawn is laughing at me!
It will rise and fall for a million years more!
and I will be gone in a moment or two,
and time will wear my bones to dust.
Goodbye, my world,
the true adventure lies ahead,
and I am so very afraid of such adventure,
but calmer than I would have expected.
I can hear the executioners blade
upon me now, and the fear swells,
my eyes sink in the last moment of this life,
and eternity is now mine...
Good.
bye.
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Written March 13th, 2004
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I will tell you, I was watching a movie and a man was about to be executed by being beheaded, and I thought "What would go through someone's mind at that moment?" and I applied some history to it, and there you have it. Must be a lonly sad feeling.
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This is very kewl! I like how you chose your words. You fit them together nicely! I'd like to hear what you are talking about more in just chat form. God Bless
Jenna -
I thought of this concept and idea while taking West Civ 1 at the college...I hope you like it :-)
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