PARTHENON

Serenely gazing at two thousand years
Clouds breeze past in a whirl
Proportional and majestic yet disarrayed
I stand for perfection and eternity

Day and night are nothing to me
Man's life but a brief-lit candle
Sun beams down season after season
The gods remain within my precincts

No more the worshipful songs raise
Still pilgrims come in steady stream
Firefly's flicker in time
Whilst I am steadfast like the celestial spheres

Bright city sprawls below to reach the sea
One day its light too will be gone
I remain with the divine spirits
Looking on unmoved