Asclepieion of Hippocrates, Kos
Little shows for those who come
so late upon the site:
the great physician's precinct
speaks of mystery and forces spent.
Uncertain light picks out
the doubtful collages of altar-parts;
Lethe's abaton in shards -
laboratory for healing arts
that diagnosed disease
through forms in dreams.
Savants dispersed like seed
from eerie groves whose offspring lift
dark fingers to the sea winds' siege.
As darkness casts its heavy net,
a shaft of pale December light
pours in a promise through rent cloud
to touch the deadened earth
like health.
The Great Physician s Sanctuary
© Copyright: Jena Woodhouse, 2003
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