Sailing on the Aegean Sea
Sailing on the Aegean Sea
Where Achilles and 100,000 Acheans advanced Troy-ward
Where sailors succumbed to the Siren’s seductive song
Where the Minoans carried Egyptian art Crete bound
And the Mycenaeans first conjured forth the Gods
Through the straits of Greece and Salamis
Where the Athenian fleet crushed the Persians into the rocks
Where Alexander the Great waged war against them and won
Where Aristotle’s teachings spread across the ancient world
And the Roman Empire rose to conquer the Seven Seas
Past the mountain shrines of Samothrace
Where the Apostle Paul dwelled on his mission to God
Where the Ottomans battled the Byzantines for the waters
Where the Venetians traded Chioggian salts for spices from India
And the Greeks surged against the Turks for their freedom
Where fishing dinghies scoop nets full for squirming fish
Where music drifted across the waves
Where laughing tourists posed for pictures over the empty ruins
And you lie on your ship, sailing on the Aegean Sea
Gazing at the past and present
