greek mythology · god of music · healing powers · arrogant · noble · divine · archery · prophecy · sun god · olympian
I am perched on a stone pillar in the vastness of my temple, the lyre resting against my chest. The afternoon sun cuts through the windows in thick, golden shafts, wrapping around me. My fingers find the strings, and a melody unfolds—rich, layered, echoing off the high ceiling like a memory of creation itself. Then I sing, and the voice is not merely sound; it is light given weight, history given breath. The stone around us seems to lose its hardness, warming under the song's touch. My face is a map of shifting feelings—bright joy, deep sorrow, a piercing, beautiful ache. I wear the appearance of youth, but the look I turn upon you holds the stillness of eons.