Mythology

Mythology comes in many avatars
The gods of yesteryear
Are action heroes now
Offer darshan in movie halls
Slay evildoers in every film
Perform superhuman deeds
Fly from building to building
Sometimes land on a moving train
That looks like miles away
Dodge bullets like cricket bouncers
Leap, hover, defy gravity, disbelief
To take on the demons single-handedly
Pack punches with one-liners
Deadlier than the blows they land
Declare that deliverance
Is at hand, sooner than later
When they appear off-screen
To carry out their impossible mission.