Icon of Desire

Jena Woodhouse
What might the future bring
to our perception of Prometheus?
That he has shed Earth's gravity
and soars to incandescent stars
on missions to young colonies
created on Europa, Mars...

That his soul embodies
all divine notes of the human dance,
the consciousness inspiring
science, generating works of art,
illumined by clairvoyance,
fire of sacrifice, his cosmic heart...

Prometheus is destined for the galaxy,
and always was -
a Titan for the light years of mythology -
a cosmonaut...