At the center

Michelangelo, “Delphic Sybil”, 1509, Fresco, Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Rome, Italy.
Sure Sibyl
From Delphi, you bear witness
in every direction
Daughter of immortal seas
Gravity fixes your posture
The pressure made personal
by mortal men
It may come as a shock, then
to know there have been many
Axis Mundis
The many Centers of the World include:
– The Omphalion (“navel”) in Delphi, Greece
– The Foundation Stone in Jerusalem, Israel
– The Bodhi Tree in the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya, India
– Mualiman Napa, Kuopio
– The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey
– Babylon in present-day Iraq
– The altar at Paphos, present-day Kouklia, Cyprus
– Mount Song or the nearby ancient capital Luoyang in central China
– Cusco, Peru, according to Incan tradition
– Baboquivari Peak Wilderness in Arizona, according to the O’odham Nation
– A lithic site near Ahu Te Pito Kura, Easter Island
– Mir Mine, Sakha Republic, Siberia
So, to every enduring prophetess
Awe is not a crime
neither transcending time
never-the-less
no pressure