Brave Quest Of Tiresias
© Surazeus
2026 07 23

The ancient story of philosophy
begins when Hermes in cave of his heart
invents the lyre with strings on turtle shell,
and ends when Lucretius attempts to fly
glider from cliff of Mount Vesuvius
he built based on painting of Icarus.

I followed journey of Odysseus
across the land from sea to shining sea
east from Oregon of the Promised Land
back toward ancient home my ancestors built
on sacred mist-veiled isle of Avalon,
but found new heaven in Oconia.

Halfway home to lush plains of Scythia,
where my ancestors traveled along rivers
in wagons pulled by horses they had tamed
with apples from hills of Sarmatia,
I linger in my secret paradise
with my own Penelope in our home.

My wife combines all three witches of power
in one clever person with crafty hands,
autonomous Circe who molds my heart,
possessive Calypso who guards my soul,
and loyal Penelope who endures
vicissitudes of fate with honest love.

Asserting passion of the wingless angel,
my grandfather constructed small airplanes
with wings of Icarus as metal blades,
powered by piston engine of Barsanti,
to soar on solid gusts of swirling wind
blown whole by gentle breath of Zephyrus.

Inspired by brave quest of Tiresias,
I wake one thousand genders in my heart
so I experience every state of mind
through dramas all my ancestors performed
as they explored wild landscape of this world
finding soul mate to generate new life.

Attentive with program of Sisyphus,
I roll huge stones up steep slope of the hill
where I erect them as tall monoliths
in ring that mimics cycle of bright stars
to build tall tower where Rapunzel sings
enchanting psalms while strumming Harp of David.

Grown old with long gray hair and dimming eyes,
I lie in half-slumber by River Styx
with stoic wisdom of work weariness
where my grim father Saturnus once lay
till eager Phoebus woke him with soft voice
when Astraea gave birth to me at dawn.

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Orpheus transcribes adventures of Tiresias as the old man lounges with his childhood friends Sisyphus, Zephyrus, and Saturnus who tease him about the time Pegasus bucked him off.

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