Michael Edwards

ATHENA\'S FLUTE

 

 

 

ATHENA’S FLUTE

 

Words expressed in sympathy

will not abate her suffering

nor ever thaw the frost sharp fear

which freezes empty souls.

 

No principles, no sacred laws,

no vestal fires to clear her woes

will ever ease her broken heart

in these her slipper years.

 

Impartial hands of death when served

will bear their own supremacy

and for eternity she’ll play

upon Athena’s  flute