Prometheus and Epimetheus
written by: Naheed Akhtar
Heart’s longing, the Epimetheus,
As sharp as the northern winds
Fall in December and January,
Roved with the rain laden cloud within it
Entertaining yesterday and last week,
For hundreds of hundred years
When cognition,
Like the invincible Prometheus who
Resided on the mountain top
And thought of the future,
Retires to cease the eternal rain
They ‘re not brothers here
There is war betwix’ them
Naheed Akhtar is, an Academic and Poet, presently working in Bharat Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India. Her published works: "Phantasms of My Heart", "The Earth's Love”, “The Morphine", "Beyond the Clouds" and “Let the Womb Hold and Other poems.” Her next book “The Jaipur Diary” by Namak Publication, Delhi is slated to come in the year 2025. Her poems have been published in several international and national magazines. She has been speaking at various platforms including the Kolkata National Book Fair and the "Festival of Letters -Sahitya Akademi, Delhi.
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