Outlasting the Parthenon

Outlasting the Parthenon By R Becker In ancient Greece Where the sea is calm Stands the useless Parthenon The gods had lost Their heads and hands Their commandments Buried in the Athenian sand Where the apostle Paul Spoke visions Spoke of life from the dead And with his gospel The people clung to the words He said He he gave hope to the Jews And fascinated the Greeks And explained How about how to Obtain hearts of fire Olympic and deep Expressed by Homer And other poetry How to deal With life's ancient tragedies With no heads to teach With no hands to plead The Greeks questioned their gods Who met no need He began a church That grows ever strong Outlasting the ideas of man. The Parthenon.