Cynthia (English Sonnet) Poem by Gert Strydom

At night while her emblem reigns, the sky is Cynthia's own domain,
yet she is on the hunt with her magic bow during the hours of the sun
where she kills animals that do humans devour, do the huntress remain,
do sneak through the woods on rainy days and twilight when it is dun,

sometimes she wants to give a mortal man as her companion immortality,
do search for a pure hearted man as if such a creature exists needless,
or do at times join valiant hunters when their great perils she does see
and at times appear to mortals who act against her followers heedless.

In days of spring and summer in tranquillity when everything is green
Cynthia does dance in the fields and at the glens among the flowers,
enjoys nature and goes on long walks and rules the night as its queen,
at times run through thundershowers but do never misuse her powers.

At a time people did in her elate and thought her to be a goddess great
but now she does on followers wait and for them do stand against fate.

[Poet's note: Cynthia the goddess of the moon and the hunt is also known as Diana and as Artemis.]

© Gert Strydom