Pierian Spring*
Mural and Poem by Dr Abe V Rotor
The Hills are Alive Mural, by AVR 2009. University of Santo Tomas, Manila
Pierian Spring, the fountain of youth -could it be just down the bend,or on mythical Mt Olympus?How many souls have long soughtin their lifetime and lost at the end!
It could be the Shangri-La, the Atlantis;it could be the biblical Paradise,the heaven of the good in God's promise,in the afterlife that rewards the purein spirit - who shall again rise.
Little do we know, nil can we afford,in our searching, for time and spaceare but a tick in the clock of the world;a dot in the infinite universe,a step in its ever increasing race.
Pierian Spring is the triumph of goodover evil, the trophy of victory;peace in War and Peace as Tolstoy told,in the finer things of life and living,in a beautiful tapestry.
For youth lives forever in the mindand heart that throbs with humanity -seeking, believing, loving and kind,keeping the Pierian Spring flowingto touch every being in piety.~
* In classical Mythology. Pierian Spring is a fountain in Pieria, sacred to the Muses and supposedly conferring inspiration or learning on anyone who drank from it.
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