Odyssey

Gods choose
who they let live
and who they curse with waves,
who is slaughtered by harsh water.
Gods choose.

Battle
brings the guilty
pleasure of the loot for
pirate treasure, but greed undoes
a man.

Drawn to
forbidden fruit,
its taste on all our lips,
we forget about going home,
give in.

Monster,
master of dread,
blinded by ignorance.
We flee without facing our fears;
one-eyed,

row through
festering stones
out into open sea.
Just one man knows what