2024 NaPM 16 April

[dukealien]

Rise and Shine


Maturity, you see,
is not being Phaeton.
Get up every morning,
harness the horses
and drive them
not too fast or slow
neither high nor low
ignoring clouds and sleet
wind, thunder, and rough air
like a semi-driver
but with that hard fusion burn
to keep always in check
never more angry
than this world can stand
or coldly unengaged
despite every temptation
to just stay home and let
Earth freeze and die.

Sunstroke madness
is for others. I’m Apollo
father of doctors
slayer of dragons
who still gets in the chariot
every dam’ day
and drives.