Night and Day

Based on Greek Myths

Nyx, Goddess of the night,

A paradox, when there is no light.

Your beauty, hidden in shadows,

Graceful, as green meadows.

Raised in the gloom, of Tartarus,

Forever accompanied, by Erebus,

You clothe the earth, with darkness

As stars bloom to be, your witness.

 

Hemera, Goddess of the day,

Your beauty, in a drop of golden ray.

Riding the sun - your chariot of fire:

The earth clothed in light; you never tire.

Daughter of Nyx, you are;

Not at peace with her, thus far.

You refuse to see, your mother:

Leaving with haste, when she comes hither.

 

Hence exist night and day:

To bring us light, and to take it away.

Author's Note

In Greek Mythology, this is how night and day came into existence.
Hemera is daughter of Nyx, fathered by Erebus, who is Darkness.
please give your reviews :)

Reviews

[Deron Alexis]

great poem the Greeks well not just them but all lore had a way of playing on relationships and feelings because the mother and daughter don't agree night and day are separate. in my country the people who first lived here believed that there was a chord by which you could climb to the sky but an angry woman cut the chord and earth and sky were apart ever since people from the sky got trapped down here these stories can really emphasize the importance of values and relations in an unreal awesome way

[The Dreamer]

yes i agree - myths , though not always true, have a way of clinging on to you. you dont forget them easily and most often they carry an important message. thank you for sharing the story :) and thanks for the review too :D

[Beverly Jane]

This is surely interesting. The words fit well with each other. Good job. :)

[imdvader]

classy poem.. greek mythology is always fascinating..

[The Dreamer]

thank you :D

[vspjaguar]

lot of names to remember! anyway creative poetry as usual! I enjoyed it :)

[The Dreamer]

:D thank you there are only 3 names - nyx, her lover eerbus, their daughter hemera. oh and ofcourse her birth place tartarus :P
thats not too many LOL

[vspjaguar]

I mean I just reviewed 2 of your greek mythology poems, I had to refer the author's note now and again! :P

[The Dreamer]

haha - yea it is confusing. took me a whole day to learn the most important names in Greek myths :P

[vspjaguar]

you have good memory power :P

[The Dreamer]

LOL

[Night]

...well written...good work my friend...:)

[The Dreamer]

thank you :)

[Night]

"You clothe the earth, with darkness
As stars bloom to be, your witness."....beautiful, my favorite.:)

[The Dreamer]

:D thank you so much.... i had those lines in my mind when i started writing the poem, but i did have to think over the lines in between!

[Night]

They paint a wonderful picture...I love the night and the stars.

[The Dreamer]

me too - they are beautiful :)

[Night]

...so tranquil in it's beauty...so vast in it's wonder...:)

[fiery-san]

I love the photo... it was beautiful as was the story your poem portrayed...

I've always had a fondness for mythology, origins of things to be are different from every culture... like this one...

there's a another myth why there is day and night... (just a shortened version)

the sun had a fight with his wife, the moon... so angry that he threw bamboo shoots at her face, leaving pocked marks... the wife fled while the husband in remorse tried to amends by chasing her but refused to come back to him... the stars were their children.

[The Dreamer]

yea the pic is beautiful - its my desktop background now! :D
myths are interesting :) - oh there seems to be a lot of myths on how night and day came into existence!

[anjali]

its realy guud!! ...likd t!!

[The Dreamer]

thank you anju!!! :D

[Arsh]

awesome poem...that's what i wanted to write,....i'll also publish my view on same topic....wow..u inspired me..

[The Dreamer]

:) first times someone told me that my poem INSPIRED them :D thanks!

[Arsh]

no...it's really true...coz...i was just thinking about such matter.,but i did.,& i've got here...so..it's really very nice.....hey would u like to see my view about the topic..?

[The Dreamer]

:) yea i would like to

[PoeticVandal]

beautiful imagery....made both light and day sound wonderful..
Usually poets consider night to be sad and day to be beautiful... Nice difference from normal.

[PoeticVandal]

P.S I also love the picture...

[The Dreamer]

oh do they? i always feel that night is beautiful - i like it more than day:)

[Michael Stevens]

Excellent poem!

[The Dreamer]

:) thank you