Saturn

a mountainous titan of a man with
a callous, frigid nature,
he swalloed his own children at birth,
trying to outwit fate.

outsmarted by his cunning wife,
one child was allowed to live –
bringing the fulfillment of prophecy
and a horrific end to an era.

to remember this man –
father time he is called by some –
they gave his infamous name
to the sixth planet from the sun.

and to see that he never lacks
for the company he always had near,
saturn’s moons and satellites are named
after the rest of his dying family.