QUOTE (Eisa @ Aug. 16 2003, 17:17)
This one has been polished on another site, but I felt it was appropriate to post here, because it's full of Greek gods of the skies.
Nyx … Greek goddess of the night, daughter of Chaos
Selene … Greek goddess of the moon
Helios … Greek god of the sun
Black Velvet and Diamonds
I gazed towards a cloudless sky that night
and felt aglow, to see a vivid sight.
For night was sprinkled with bold winking eyes
as diamonds dazzled blackened velvet skies.
Selene stretched out her arms of light to guide,
diffused in darkness till the day. A tide
of slumber covered me in dreams of Nyx,
nocturnal goddess of chaotic mix.
The night recedes with dreams and I awake,
when Helios rides his chariot to break
the dawn. This journey swells his fervid glow,
to scorch and thaw the glacial winter’s snow.
His horses gallop leaving clouds behind
and warms the azure sky for all mankind.
As day time ebbs, the fierce sun chills. I pine
for those nocturnal goddess jewels to shine.
Selene illuminates the dark, for Nyx to stroke
the diamonds scattered on her velvet cloak.