The"Gilgamesh" Poems(1) Poem by Daniel Brick

It was simple to defeat Gilgamesh.
But firstI had to build a figure of
Gilgamesh in my mind, a near-sentient
figure, that could change things and
be changed. Then the First Law arose
in my mind, like a column of destiny.
It said: Impose Your Will. Again and
Again. That is what the goddesses and
gods do, never reflecting on what they do,
until damage is done, people are suffering,
and the Great Wheel of Fate rolls over
and on. Awake, Gilgamesh, awake, stir
your mind-stuff into acts, which once
completed within become your worldly glory.


The "Gilgamesh" Poems (2)

It's really simple in its essence.
But we are so divided from each other
that some hear nothing stirring, deep
or shallow. We do not recognize each other's
motives, deeds, because others hear howlings,
screams that crescendo into choked silence,
crazed pleas for HELP. Then sheer Silence.
Then the howlings return... This must be
a test for breathing, because when I tried
"circular breathing" I stopped the noise,
that causeless sadness in my mind was stilled.
And even our dreams keep us apart, dreams
rise and set, they are prodigal, display
themselves like Rodan's statue of Honore de Balzac.