DITHYRAMB

DITHYRAMB

god of the sky
god of the soil

dismembered god
reborn in the fire

your gifts:
tragedy, ecstasy,
drunkenness

curses and blessings
set our triumphs
our limitations

energy
that electrifies

energy that
destroys

you ask us to revere you
then destroy us for
doing so your song

sweet dithyramb
capturing the balance of
all our
equivalences
our dialectic
of extremes

all our pain, intensity,
destruction and desire