A VILLAGE IN ODYSSEY

It’s like a spade in the gravel
Like a pin in an ocean
Like a feather in the cloud
Like a crown an a head
Like a green snake in a green grass
It’s a village within the four walls of a soul
The soul of a young lion dreaming the impossible
He is a vegetarian and hates the smell of blood
In his dreams, he saw night mares chase death
Birds can grow like trees
Trees can sing like birds
The land can wash like water
The sea is as solid as rock
The cloud is beneath his feet
The ground is above is head
The slave rules the kingdom
The king is an outsider
The good is bad
The bad is right
The school of evil is compulsory
The school of good was too expensive for the wicked
They that learnt evil remained poor
The illiterates were illuminated and straight with riches
The opera was their god
Even when the sound of the opera was a forbidden tone
Their wine press was always fat and full
But their men were never drunk
The women were forbidden to drink wine
Yet their women were called drunkards
Their children were never grateful
Some cursed the day they were born
Others cursed the bowels of their fathers
And rebuked the strength of their mothers in the day of conception
Because good education was the last legacy
And now, a forbidden culture!
Bread to the mouth was a tradition
Sin was the title of their philosophy
Emerald and Edelweiss followed Rose to the land of extinction
Babylon was their greatest enemy
She stole what had been stolen earlier
But she didn’t still sin?…Hmmn!
Integrity, Loyalty, Trust and Faithfulness
Were nobles of the village!
Taken captive by Babylon to be slaves in their state
This village in Odyssey became a low estate
Desolation soon came and ruled over them,
Only for a thousand years, and a day!