RTL ~ Prometheus

"The Gift of Fire"

Man had not yet seen me.
He had not known what it was like to sit in my shadow.
Until the day I was introduced to him,
by a stubborn god called Prometheus.
When he first saw me, man was scared.
He did not yet understand my power.
But Prometheus showed him how to take care of me.
He showed man my normal diet,
and warned him of what might happen if I was fed too much.
When man could control me,
he found I had many uses.
When I first cooked a deer for him,
man attacked it like a starving dog.
But he did not understand what was happening.
Man went to war for the first time.
He took me with him.
Man made weapons for endless battle.
He took me with him.
Hatred was everywhere, and love was scarce.
And still, I was with man.
Until one day, my heart was taken upon a ship,
and the rest of me was whisked away by the vast water spirit.
And then my ever-burning heart was put to light the flame
on the temple of my creator.
And the world lived in chaotic peace.
~Amy, 1/19/09