you cast an eldritch shadow
in your father’s light
so he brings you to an island where
you live in a mansion of stone

in your father’s light
 you were never bright enough to matter so
you live in a mansion of stone
to hide your Heart from men

you were never bright enough to matter so
your Love was scorned
to hide your Heart from men
you turned them to swine

your Love was scorned
until Odysseus sent his men to your home
you turned them to swine
but you changed them back for him

until Odysseus sent his men to your home
you had never known kindness from a man
but you changed them back for him
he stayed with you for a year

you had never known kindness from a man
you had never known Love returned
he stayed with you for a year
on that last night you watched his ship recede from shore

you had never known Love returned
after Odysseus you never would again
on that last night you watched his ship recede from shore, where
you cast an eldritch shadow