Once Gods Walked

Once Gods Walked...

Once gods walked among humans,

The splendid Muses and youthful Apollo

Inspired and healed us, just like you.

And you are to me as if one of the Holy Ones

Had sent me forth into life, and the image

Of my beloved goes with me,

And wherever I stay and whatever I learn,

I learned and gained it from her,

With a love that lasts until death.

Then let us live, you with whom I suffer

And inwardly strive towards better times

In faith and loyalty. For we are the ones.

And if people should remember us both

In years to come, when Spirit again prevails,

They'd say that these lonely ones lovingly

Created a secret world, known to the gods alone.

The earth will take back those concerned

With impermanent things: others climb higher

To ethereal Light who've been faithful

To the love inside themselves, and to the spirit

Of the gods. Thus they master Fate

In patience, hope and quietness.