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Prometheus Unbound

from My Utopia is DIY by Nedjo Blake

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For the crime of bringing fire hidden in a fennel stalk
Zeus decreed eternal torture, had him chained unto a rock
where the eagle tore his liver, tore it bleeding from his side
till the Titan screamed in anguish but, immortal, never died.
So Prometheus is punished and awakes each day to pain
to the knowledge that his torment will be carried through again
but though racked by his oppressor, still the god remains unbowed
and he speaks to those who listen and repeats his vows aloud.
So the hope of all is waiting till the tyrant Zeus is downed
till the prison chains are broken and Prometheus unbound.

Prometheus unbound, Prometheus unbound
till the prison chains are broken and Prometheus unbound.

Now Pandora’s jar is open and her hope sustains the earth
With Prometheus she hearkens to the race of mortal birth
but a new force is unleashed, brought forth by Zeus to blight the land
to upset the planet’s balance with insatiable demand
and the hungry they are many, and the wealthy they are few
and the force that he’s awakened Zeus himself cannot subdue.
It’s the gyre that feeds on feeding, spreading miracles and pain
it’s the hollowness that grows till life itself is held in train
so the planet stands in peril till an antidote is found
till the balance is recovered and Prometheus unbound.

Prometheus unbound, Prometheus unbound,
till the balance is recovered and Prometheus unbound.

Are the cycles of renewal broken now beyond recall?
Does the flame of inspiration burn but in the master’s thrall?
Or are ancient ways of knowing born anew in modern form
in the dreams of the oppressed who ride the headwinds of the storm?
Or are seeds of new beginnings latent even in our times,
in the crowd’s determination, in the poet’s potent rhymes?
Or are days of hope approaching on the strength of common ground
when the sparks shall be rekindled and Prometheus unbound?

Prometheus unbound, Prometheus unbound,
when the sparks shall be rekindled and Prometheus unbound.

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from My Utopia is DIY, released June 30, 2018

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