Part 1: Fatal Desire

After much bloodshed, the war was over

Odysseus, after a prolonged battle, returned from the city of Troy

There was relief, hope, and joy,

but little did he know,

that a much bigger ‘war’ was yet to be fought

And neither did he know,

that in a web of seduction, he’d be caught

Far away, on a mass of land called Ogygia

Lived Calypso, the daughter of Tethys and Atlas, the Titan God

Unbeknownst to her, Odysseus reached the land

Surrounded by water, and covered by sand

It was Odysseus’ aura that ended up ‘pulling’ calypso, and she couldn’t resist,

but not that she knew,

that Odysseus couldn’t be held in the ‘fist’

At first, the advances were gentle and polite

But when nothing worked, she became restless

And it was here, that her art of seduction reached its height

The enchantment took Odysseus in its grip

It was all so silent, not even a single word escaped Odysseus’ lips

For 10 (seven in some accounts) long years, the enchantment held Odysseus

For Odysseus, it was a battle between lust and grit