it is dark
and his footsteps
are stained with blood.
far away is his silhouette,
cringing and shivering.
night has set
but his path
takes him further still
through the desert
to mountains,
exhausted young wanderer.
desolate land is illumined
around him tonight.
only pain can ignite
the incipient healer's heart.
kanaljee
4 years ago
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Who is this
haunting Achilles
whose strength
bleeds away
through his heel?
Who is this
who sees him afar
and cannot help?
Who is this
who does not lose
his way
after the close
of day?
Who is this
who drives him on
without candle
without firewood
without staff
with heel unhealed?
Who is this
wounded Machaeon
plagued by pain
which ignites his heart
but does not warm it?
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