Flame Of Magic Energy © Surazeus 2024 09 29 In wide rugged cove by the sparkling sea, beneath dark clouds that blot the Milky Way, Prometheus teaches Mannus, his young son, how to spark and tend fire in ring of rocks by striking flintstones to extricate flame of magic energy from the bright sun. Kneeling by his father in rocky soil, Mannus reaches out to touch the hot flame, but pauses at pain that pierces his skin, so he closes his eyes against bright glare and watches light show flashing in his head, persistent spots of whiteness in the gloom. Squinting his eyes to gaze up at the stars, he sees peripheral flare of rainbow beams gleam red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet in pulsing waves of thought that hang in drops of dew from graceful leaves and splash in shell-curve of his open hand. Translucent dew drops sliding down curved spheres of apples floating just above his head contain within space of their shimmering globes clear memories from each moment of his life, preserving faces of people he loves who vanish from sight when he looks around. Boiling water in round cauldron of brass, Mannus brews fish, apples, walnuts, and eggs, with honey drops in sweet delicious stew, then dips scallop shell, shaped like lion paw, to drink hot liquor, nectar of the stars, that fills his soul with energy of love. Peering through mist that rises from sea waves, Mannus spies young woman running in fear so with spear he kills the wolf chasing her, then roasts its meat and makes her long fur cloak that keeps their bodies warm as they make love, and she bears three sons with his silver eyes. While Gertha cooks and sews in hall he built, Mannus teaches their three wild-leaping sons, named Yingwo, Hirmino, and Istiyo, how to use fire to create useful things, boats to sail the sea, swords to guard their homes, and shovels to tame horses and tend crops. Almost blind with age, withered by sea wind, Mannus squints at flame of the setting sun, then takes one last look at Gertha, his bride, and three full-grown sons who chat round the fire, then wades into the sea with falling rain and sinks down into flash of rainbow light.
Surazeus Astarius Συράζευς Αστάριος. Cartographer. Epic Poet. Hermead epic poem about Philosophers 126,680 lines of blank verse. http://tinyurl.com/AstarianScriptures
Sunday, September 29, 2024
Flame Of Magic Energy
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Orpheus visits three sons of Mannus to help them mourn after they find their old father drowned in the sea.
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