Creation

When darkness reigned and dimmed the sky,

The stars knew not their seats on high.

The Sun had yet to spill her grace

On Earth’s broad span, the shadowed-place.

Then one light flashed and filled the gap,

And Darkness fled to dens unmap’d.

The Fauns and Satyrs found their way

From holes deep hid’, and hailed the day.

The winged-ones came from winds-retreat,

They sang delight at Dark’s defeat.

The gods ascended to great Mount Ida;

And sphinxes dwelt in south Al Minya.

The Kings arose and reigned with might;

The people passed the period of Night.

Mankind grew strong, and cared for life;

When Time decreed, they captured Strife

And did not let him loose again,

Till man-kind lost what might have been.

By Rachel Lawyer

An assignment to write a poem in the style of Beowulf