Day 20 - Apollo, Son of Zeus

Hey guys! Grace Nask here with Day 20 of the April Challenge. Today we have Apollo, Son of Zeus, which is a poem for all ages. It's about the struggles of being a cog in the system. So let's get to it!

Apollo, Son of Zeus

By: Sara Van Reymersdal Malinowski D

They’ve always told us

To reach for the stars,

But not how much it would

Hurt if we hit the ground again.

They told us we could be

Anything we wanted,

But when we shouted out, “Zeus!”, they

Laughed. “You can’t be

Zeus!” they chuckled. “You’re

Too young too old too plain too fat too dumb too weird

For Zeus! Pick anything else

But that.” So

We did. But not forever. For our own survival.

We chose to be Apollo, to attain not all the stars

But the one that sustains our lives.

They wanted to snuff out our fire, but

This isn’t something that dies

In the night. We are Apollo,

And so long as we have a sky,

We will light it.

They’ve always told us to reach for the stars.

And now we know how hard we can fall. But still

We stretch out our hands, so that

When we finally become Zeus, they’ll shine all the brighter.