You burn me 
- Sappho

(You burn me),
Freedom
At last!
The sky is a colour I have never known.
Farewell stone prison past
Doves have never flown so high as I
No longer a man
But Liberty’s champion
The frigid oceans will never know my reflection.

(You burn me),
Chains of Crete
From which I have melted free
Watch your prisoner a god become,
And escape mortal man’s company.
Wax is gold;
I bathe in its riches
Troubles below, high am I.

(You burn me),
Scalding star,
I crave your warmth
Give shelter from a stone prison’s cold.
From this wind I will harness storm
And observe Olympus from my throne, and
Smile as Zeus bows
To my waxen crown.
His summits are valleys compared to mine
He has never flown so high as I.

(You burn me),
Regret,
I have none.
Though you slowly shy away (Fearful, are you?)
Flame to a moth; father to a son
Freedom ignites the very flesh from my bones
Though gods seldom feel pain;
Especially those as high as I.

You burn me,
Glowing Damnation
Birthed of scorching Salvation
Mankind was born to suffer;
Most unfortunate of all creation
Liberty forgets me.
A father’s cry
(Is this the last time
I ever hear my name?)
Dead I was for years past,
And death I will know for years to come
Though life I knew only for a while
I will greet Hades with a smile
For none but I
Has ever fallen from so high.