The Lions are Chained

 Now before he [Christian] had gone far, he entered into a very narrow passage… …and looking very narrowly before him as he went, he espied two lions in the way… …then he was afraid… but the porter at the house whose name is Watchful…  …cried unto him, saying, Is thy strength so small? Fear not the lions, for they are chained…
- John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress

Hark good Christian, whom do you fear,
as to my house you do draw near?
The blustery winds of pagan days?
Tis it the mousers by the way?

Is it the horsemen of the storm,
that keep you from my house so warm?
Or do these primal tawny cats
inveigh against you in the path?

Fear not oh soul, whate’er you see
beyond this world is not their see.
They may clap you in irons which can
transform in heaven to golden bands.

For while you pass beside them here
They may not blister soul but ears.
Their reign, earthly not eternal
Cannot save from fires infernal.

Come now, their claws can’t harm your skin
Only the pride that clothes your sin.
And if you have a taste for pride
Then find a path which suits you, wide.

An Ode to Prometheus

What are these chains that bind your flesh
to the great rocks of Caucasus?
What heaven sent this dark gadfly
to pick at your hepatic vein?

It is the old regime of gods
since fallen to the Goodly Fere,
It is the tyranny of Zeus
destroyed by so much more than fire.

Why Prometheus, gave you fire
to mortals for their own demise?
Why fight the lightning with its child
when words are so much more potent?

Fire is the weapon of the king,
the warmth of human existence,
which may be denied at his rule
and used to burn his enemies.

Whatever God gave man his speech
Deserves much more praise than you do.
For man may use the fire to fight,
but flames burn without distinction.

Prometheus, I would loose you
To serve a higher, nobler cause.
But, i am also bound beside you
Captured by a tyrant god.

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