Tide and Time
Down in the depths
Of the old god sea
The world was yet to see
The love and beauty
Of thee
Proud and capricious
What punishment
Would be
For such Vanity
But marriage
To the blacken forge
Vulcan be
It wasn’t hard for
The brave and handsome
Ares
To fall in love
with thee
Under the stars
With Venus an Mars
They met at night
But were betrayed
By a sleeping sentinel
Held down by chains
The lovers be
Mocked and spurned
Until the cock crowed
At dawn
Young forever
This Goddess from the sea
She chose to love
And love she did
More than one
By the sea
But one she loved
Was slain by a boar
And she
Slain by grief
With grief not suited
For one so young
And beautiful
She loved again
And meddled in love
Not hers to be
She birthed many a God and hero
And a wonky eyed archer
Her descendants
A senator
That died
With many a knife
In his back
( Oh, how history repeats )
Now you may ask
Why a poet
From the land of Dreaming
Would take on
A Shakespearean quest
To tell a poetic story
Of Love and Beauty
It just so happened
She became aware
Of a love greater than
Any she had experienced
That of
Beauty and Truth
Time and distance
So one day in a city
Between the dessert and the sea
A wonky eyed
Chubby archer
Shot an arrow
That missed it mark
And hit my heart
Making me fall
Down to Earth
And in love
A tragic love
With a descendant
Of Aphrodite
Whether it was a joke
Or a Horrible mistake
That arrow
Bridged the old Gods
To the new
But as she well knows
This is but just a brief
Tragic moment of flesh
Tide and time
Will see that arrow
Fall away
Like a hand let go
And set me free
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