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Lord of Rebirth: The Echoing Will
A sojourner walks in his wanderlust
A decision yet to be made
For a thousand voices bade
Give us your trust
Tonight, the lord of loyalty walks a mile in a million shoes
As he walks a plethora of people's paths
To escape an inheritance of wrath
He sought the muses to woo
To Clio, the first muse
He tried, to interpret a lifetime in vain
But in the weight of history, he found only pain
Thus his judgement he had to recuse
Then lost he was in tradegy with Melpomene’s regret
With a million decisions to accuse & excuse
To a garden of hope she let him peruse
But the past he could never forget
So with Thalia, he drank for release
Making of all his days a laughable charade
But waxing witty with that wise old maid
Only bought him, but a moment of peace
Now to Minerva he did reach
For a future to create
And a past he offered to immolate
So a destiny he might impeach
To wash away the stain
A mantle to undo
sire’s bane or prodigal long overdue
Shatter! And let all be washed in cleansing rain
The grand tributary “The Acheron” he hath passed
Oh this fate from the Moirai he shall remit
And acquit
Oh unto the River Styx let the die be cast!
Let the winter's monarch breath his last breath
Let the old iron king free of his heavy chain
Let the scion, not the sire reign
Let the archons, grant life instead of death
As from the river Lethe he imbibed
The old Crones let out a vile cry
As them he did so finally deny
For on an empty slate nothing can be proscribed
And with shoulders relieved of the burden of recollection
A new way he could conceive
And to a new way he could weave
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Scions of Promethean Flame
Oh promethean flame
Your scion the first polemicist
To the divine supremacist
You are the iconoclasts claim
In a world rotting and hollow
Humanity was still tending
To a fire never meant to be unending
in your dim light we wallow
We did worship the facade
And forget its function
And thus came to an injunction
In a world built on fraud
For wisdom birthed tradition
And tradition called innovation sin
And darkness wormed its way in
Through subtle seditions
Men as ever fear the void
And clung to the light
Refusing to face the night
Oh Jupiter’s Schadenfreude,
Mar’s dismay, & Janus’s grief
As men began to build upwards
Instead of inwards and outwards
Minerva, alone, preserved the legacy of the thief
For in her tomes, bones, and chiseled stones
The fading fire lit its first lamp
And snuck out with the traders stamp
into the distant unknowns
Prometheus’s promiscuity paraded past
Jove’s judiciary
And none were even the wary
As from minerva’s lamp, wealth did amass
So dimmed further the promethean blaze
Though, not to the grim spectre of the shade
No, dwarfed by the thousand little lights it had made
Proud to die in their haze
And jupiter, roared in victory
Never seeing he had been usurped
Till he too was just another one of history's excerpts
Irony that both thief and king vanished without valedictory
Their victory attributed to another for all to see
But only the thief knew the road to eternity
Lies in the legacy you leave
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The poem is meant to be read in one of either two tones. The first is normally where I assume the reader will be quite serious. The second tone is revealed as the poem goes on and is hinted at in the title which if defined almost verbatim could be written:
( drinking song: oh did you hear the news, about the mysterious and exciting love affair that happened while daydreaming)
Tone #1) serious
Tone #2) a sarcastic, gossipy, "oh who likes who now girlfriend"
#romanticism #life #living #funny #love #serious #thoughtful #thoughtprovoking #whimsical #drinkingsongDrinking Song: Revelation! A Romantic Reverie
Oh lady justice is blind
the gavel, crafts collars
And condemns the scholars
Her hand’s, the sentence, sign
In accordance with the scepter’s commands,
a decree is conveyed
And new scales are weighed
with a life in its hands
A verdict, enforced by a swords insistence
that the law condones, to legitimize all the bones
Used, to build their thrones
From, the rebels resistance
Relief, is a sigh, when order is created by contract
law now serves order, and neither serve you
Now all must pay their due
As they are made accessories before or after the fact
Who's the criminal, when a tyrant writes the rules?
Is a man a vandal,
Burning a courthouse of scandal?
With only prometheus's torch as his tool
mezzoforte, a tune of blood is made
it's not theft, its buccaneering
It’s not murder, its a new casualty appearing
It's no longer assault, but an act of war to bear a blade
It's not justice, silly, it’s just a point of view
In one eye a rebel, and another a revolutionary
So be wary,
Whether it's a victory or loss depends on you.
For, men are always free to dream
For, life is a romance, with the goals you pursue
Oh, let the carnival of virtue ensue
For under the same sun’s beam all men scheme
So tell me what is your desire,
For beneath the same sky
heroes and villains both live and die
What in this life will you dare to acquire!?
A grand adventure called life heralds you, with lustful swoon
Judge or jury, lawman or criminal, accuser or accused, warlord or king
in the end what song will you sing
For life’s a romance, were you get to choose the tune
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Lonely Atlas: Phoenix King
Oh, I fell like Atlas for didn’t you know?
cunning, not strength has done me in
For I reap what I sow
As I tried to bear it all and grin
For before the fall went my pride
With confident stride towards a dream
But, life reminded me to mind my stride
For there is no eternal regime
For in the kingdom of the blind
the one eyed man is king
since he can have a little peace of mind
But, in a land of darkness a different tune he will sing
Icarus, I am, present and past
Ambitions grand, only to fall when I flew
Zeus, downwards did me, he cast
As toward the purple I did pursue
A prince now clothed only sackcloth and ash
My wings going down in flames
Into the ashen dust of my hopes I crash
Having misjudged my aim
Of a phrase I am reminded “that Man's evil manners live in brass
And their virtues we write in water”
As all I sought to amass
Is drawn like lambs to the slaughter
For if you laugh the world alongside you will laugh
But if you cry, you cry alone
With no one to speak on your behalf
For heavy is the crown, and there is no sympathy for the throne
I beseech you, “If you are afraid of being lonely,
don't try to be right.”
For it is true that god only
knows the weight of your plight
But listen well if you harbor ideas above your station
“you can lead a man to wisdom, but cannot make him think”
And your “ too clever by half” so beware your ambition
So that when you fall you might sing as you sink
Icarus, I am, present and past
Ambitions grand, only to fall when I flew
Zeus, downwards did me, he cast
As toward the purple I did pursue
But the phoenix is always born anew
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Duet: Geia and Uranus
My lady of earth
Gentle and strong
you belie your worth
But you could never hide your heartsong
The pains of this life
Only to serve to show your potential
Your spirit takes the world in its stride
Rendering all else inconsequential
Soul of liberation, spurning the chain
Monarch of dearth and plethora
You shelter the valiant and those in pain
Beneath your vibrant Flora
You act in spite of fate
Daughter of the sun
My eternal advocate
That makes all else seem dun
Your glimmering steel
Brought forth from deep within hollowed ground
Forged & Quenched by times wheel
Leaves me spellbound
Your oaken scepter drinks deep of triumph and ash
Alongside a diadem of volcanic glass
An unbroken mare that could the wind outdash
And outlast all impasse
Beneath your peaceful Glade
Geia, there is serenity
In pupils of deepest nightshade
That speak of loving amenity
Harbor a gentle blaze
Of Promethian fire
A heart full of praise
For those to Uranus aspire
Protectors of the weak and weary
Your gentle souls loving contrast
I shall stand beside eyes dim and bleary
Steadfast
Lord of loyalty
Martial avatar of austerity
And show men their own royalty
give clarity
Our duet
Of passion and tranquility
For though I sometimes fall, you crown me with luarials and rosettes
You remind me of my nobility, when darkness is all I can see
For when like icurus to the sun I reach
Your heart cradles my broken wing
And your eyes to me beseech
"Soar again my king"
"Paint the sky with your dream"
You Kindle in me
With your esteem
The will to turn malice to Marquis
And hold high the ideal
That though my strength could bend and break
And force all to kneel
I shall the suffering straighten and remake
That though when I hear the howls of dark fate
And my regrets come, my mind to harass
To you my troubles I abdicate
To lie with thee in the grass
My lady of Earth And mirth
Never belie your worth
For what is a sky of full dreams for which to yearn
Without a home to return
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Duet: Prince & Physician
Physician what is the price power?
To always be alone
Tis that why the other lords’ sit in towers?
No, that is to atone
For a man to rise praise, many must perish
And thus the lords build ever lofty gates
To protect themselves from those that the fallen did cherish
For they grew strong carrying grieving weights
Physician what is then the price of life?
Whatever another man will pay for a life not his own
Tis that why you live in poverty?
No, but that is why I don’t sit the throne
For I value greatly my each and every day
And, it comes towering total toll
That for another then I would have to pay
So that even this very day I pay forward my life’s bankroll
Physician, but why pay so much today it is far away?
For you never know when life’s bill shall come due
Tis that why you work yourself dull and grey?
No, that is why you do not see me act as the fools do
For they for wealth gamble
Their lives, to the king's signet ring
For prestige and honor they scramble
Only to realize they eventually lose everything
Physician, why do you call honor a shame?
Only in honors name, do I with ease money gain
Tis this why you freely fix their fragile frames?
No, not out of shame, but because I know their pain
Physician, what then is their affliction?
Desperation & a foolhardy form of hope
Tis, this why you give to men such a sorrowful benediction?
No, I do that so that from my pain I can cope
For one of these fools, will be king
And learn the truth
That no bard would ever to them sing
Death comes for all lacking in Ruth
Physician, then why do men desire the crown?
For what they, in vain, think it will bring
Tis that why now, your eyes are cast down?
No, that is because to a foolish hope I cling
That you my prince will not value war
For you my brothers son may be a monarch
And high will your banner soar
over graves deep and dark
Physician, then why not your brother succeed?
For knowledge can also destroy
Tis this why you vain try to stop the bloods spill?
Yes, for not all wisdom brings joy
For men fight for power's lies, wealth, land, freedom, or even limb & life
For these man is blessed and cursed with war
For not even the kindest will may cease strife
For Peace blood you must pour
For man's curse is to learn from experience
Thus to know peace, we are doomed to experience war
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Phoenix Queen of Summer, King of Fire
Summer
Her hand hath melted my icy heart
And a fire doth start
Embers now
Endow
The fire starting
Imparting
A warm glow
On her tears like snow
May these frozen tears
Cease their fears
I am fire
King of desire
Paragon of passion
Let me fashion
You a new heart
Hear it beating, here its little start
This gift I impart
Phoenix, where love starts
rise through the ashes
From a thousand lashes
May my love protect you
May it be true
From the ice
An Edelweiss
Rise phoenix rise
Assume your guise
Queen of summer
Dress not like the mummer
Hear the call of the drum
Hear the hum
From deep within your soul
And draw gold
Phoenix, my queen
Tear through what seems
Open your eyes
As the ice dies
In phoenix fire
My one and only desire
Your abloom
A rose of the sweetest perfume
Filling my lungs
Not in a thousand tongues
Could I express
Profess
The beauty of the weather
Queen of summer tether
My soul toward yours
Cross endless shores
Let us cross swords
To the cords
Of infinity
My affinity
To you, the Phoenix I aspire
May your tears expire
In grace's cup
As I conjure up
The celestial sphere
And turn every tear
Into unending light, the beauty of a star lit night
To light up your darkest night
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Fateless: Sweet Sorrow the Morrow
Oh that parting is such sweet sorrow
That drawing ever nearer of the morrow
That such pain shall come regardless
Rather heartless
Is the world
It's dark wings unfurled
Such a capricious master
Looking as pure as alabaster
Yet selling and exchanging man's every hour
Leaving them in elation or dower
A cruel cruel master indeed
Letting us grow and recede
And when it goes opposite our will we curse
When with us we sing in chorus and verse
But I learned long ago
To simply drift across this ceaseless flow
To move deftly across time's will
Moving with its terrible chill
To my desired course
Without regret or recourse
That time shall come again and again
Chance and probability will make amend
I know deftly dancing the eternal dance
Unfurling my Lance
I tear apart as I sow
With lethal grace I row
For and against the sands of time
Beautiful as song and rhymes
In acceptance my chains are broken
Reforged as a token
Of my victory
Come fly with me
Across the currents
sailing across every deterrent
My indelible will
Shall alter this struggle uphill
The time shall mark my presence
As I make the descent
Grasping my future from its depth
From its breadth
To my destiny
I shall not be
Two ships passing in the night
So far from the light
Of the sun
I shall run
Upon the currents of time back to you
My love so true
Mark the ceaseless beat
Clasp your heart
And know strength
Listen to its length
Hear the sound
As it pounds
In defiance
Making no alliance
With "inescapable" fate
Beating upon heaven's gate
Man's dreams
Gleams
The inferno burning away the strings of fate
Our hearts will not be sate
Pounding at the steel of lives
Forging the seal
Of the fate we create
Time shall mark my gait
Through its wake
As I stake
My claim
Here in this ceaseless rain
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The King & The Horse
From the depths of the void, leaps the light
From the light , the shadow is cast
To spite cursed bright
And at last
The die is cast
The stage is set
Choices align as the moments passed
All around people have made bets
The moment of decision
Equinox, but from here hence
Whose vision
Waxes, whose wanes on the reins
For truly what is the divide
Between the king and his horse
Why do some control and others stand aside
What decides who sets the course
Between titans of equal form and force
Of which even ability cannot divine
The source
Equinox, the world in twine
Is the darkness that men hold
The hate, the fury, the darker shade
That make them so bold
Regardless, of the toll to be paid
Or the light and love
the drive to creation
The will to legacy even in the smallest dove
That does surpass the pyres of cremation
Equinox, equity of night and day
That iota of symmetry in the strife
For who are kings to say
The will and way of life
Yet they do and the horses follow along
Growing strong carrying their kings
So who knows how long
Till for our kings the mourning bells ring
Yet the cycle remains unbroken
For now there is only a new head for the crown
And the horses are thrown an apple as token
To calm down
And carry another king
And still we do not learn
Only instinct seperates the horse and king
The will to yearn
For destruction so that creation may begin
Equinox, a delicate sonata
Of virtue and sin
Of beauty and stigmata
Which is which is no longer known
In the minds of men
And on their lips mindlessly intone
Talk of coming darkness or great prosperity
Only the instinct of horses and kings
Both slaves, differing only in the comfort of their chains
Ignorant that the pendulum swings
Both ways, the true masters reigns
Instinct, innate drive
The will the change
To fight with pens and knives
Or stagnant In fates others arranged
Unable to see man's seasonality
They apply excess or insufficient force
Too much moralizing or mortality
To correct the course of the king and the horse
By choosing a third way
Equinox, acceptance of death
And decay
Equinox, to understand life's first breath
Foreshadows its last
That man could see the breath
Of his own nature and his past
And ascertain the dance of life and death
Hate and love versus ignorance and apathy
Emotion versus passivity
And see equanimity
The Equinox's reflection in humanity waiting to see
If these horses and kings
Can learn the lesson of the sun and moon
Or if instinct, will forever sing
It's siren tune of doom
For it only appears that darkness rises and the light falls
In the celestial plane a thousand stars piece together the exclamation
A thousand joyous voices make the proclamation
Equinox!
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My Queen
I suppose I look different without the robes and crown
I come this day before you with no riches, no renown
A simple man,
I ask for your hand
I don't ask for perfection, I am no saint
I am not offering a gilded cage, a life of restraint
Don't take me out of duty, don't strip me of my pride
Only take me if you could stand by my side
And show, there is more than conquest in me
Show me the gentler world you see
For in my morning hours I am but a man
With the weight of worlds in my hands
I pray be my queen
If you deem
Me fit, take me as I am
I am but a humble man
And This offering my heart be a life not of glee
But to stand twin to me
A home to which I return
Where my heart shall yearn
To be, through the endless battles I must o'er see
Across broken land and endless sea
As I follow the fire
marking the world with my ire
And my tear filled sigh
As at the end of the day I lie
With thee
And my heart you shall see
I give you this trust
Not because I must
But because it would be my pride
to have you by my side
For while the whole world I may be denied
And in vain I ride
I always wish to know
At least one seed I sow
Will love me to the day I grow frail
And to our children I tell my wild tales
If this not the life
You wish to see as my wife
I set you free
I will not hold thee
Save in love
My little dove
Who I know can only come from the gods above
For all my material wealth and corporal power, I could never make
you love
So for better or for worse
To this life unto the hearse
If all you ever saw was misery
I ask you would you be with me?
To stand at my back so that we might never be o'ercome
till the ravages of age I succumb
Will you be my queen
I know I look different with my robes and crown
I Come this day with all my accursed reknown
Fore'er trapt to be king
But with you my heart hopes to sing
A melody that will never end
I hope to begin
I won't strip you of duty, nor of pride
I only ask, my queen, could you stand by my side
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