Prometheus Dreams, by Eamon O'Caoineachan

Prometheus, by Jean Delville (Belgium) 1907

Prometheus Dreams

Bound, unbound,
still 

Prometheus--

falling on the rock, 
or rising off it,
still 

Prometheus--

the god-eagle 
comes and goes, 
eats his liver each day, 
grows back overnight, 

liver or no liver
still

Prometheus--

rising off the rock . . .
clouded souls cry out . . .
for him to return . . .

Prometheus dreams . . .                           
his winged hands . . .  
hold a haloed star . . .                                                                    

burn eagle feathers . . .                                                                         
the god’s nightmare . . . chained to . . .                                                        
Prometheus’ dream— 

“You can have my liver 
each day, but overnight
I reign supreme, when I, 
Prometheus, dream.”

closes his fiery eyes . . .
bows before it . . .
celestial lightning and thunder . . .
to crown himself . . .  
before he opens his fiery eyes . . .

between a waking 
half-moon, 

and a dreaming 
full moon,

still 

Prometheus--

​Eamon O'Caoineachan

Eamon O'Caoineachan is a poet, originally from Co. Donegal, Ireland, but living in Houston, Texas. His work is published in Prometheus Dreaming, The Ekphrastic Review, Vita Brevis Press and the University of St. Thomas's literary magazines, Thoroughfare and Laurels. He is the recipient of The Robert Lee Frost-Vince D’Amico Poetry Award and the Rev. Edward A. Lee Endowed Scholarship in English at the University of St. Thomas, Houston. He is completing his MA in English and working on his first poetry collection.