Lazarus, Odysseus, Er

 

No one but Lazarus

can tell of death.

Yet he is silent.

Even if he spoke,

could we trust his account?

He was not meant to bear witness,

but to be a miracle.

To attest to the cycle of...

Odysseus journeyed
to the Underworld's shore.
Not for wonder,
but for a guiding word.
Could we trust
the specters' whispers then?
A truth for his path,
but not for ours.

Er was sent to testify
to the drawing of straws.
Can't we trust Socrates' account?
Er is the device that teaches us
how justice is achieved.
To question its essence.
To attest to the possibility of...