The God of Vines

A Poem by GrapeVine

A poem about Dionysus, God of wine, vines, leopards. A little thing to him.

Wine, purple and pink
Dripping, spilling, pouring
Filling up, bringing visions
Feeling, good

Leopards, wild and fast
Spotted and glossy
Trees, hunting, leaping
Catch prey with sharpness
Of eyes and claws, teeth

Vines, leafy and green
Wrapping up and sprouting fruit
Luscious with bright fury
Bringing strange curiousness

Dionysus, mad and fun
Parties with drunken maenads
Ripping to shreds investigators
Instilling terror into sailors
Turning to wild animals
Curls of black to shoulders
Violet eyes, sly cat smile
Wiry and muscular