A Guilty Heart to Hold
Killing, wounding, black death consuming
A ten year war behold
The face that launched a thousand ships(1)
A guilty heart to hold
The grief and pain of war and disgrace
Stabbing, hacking, bow strings twanging
Arrows loosed in droves
Ares(2) playground
All must fear
The grief and pain of war and disgrace
Burning, singeing, fire crackling
Bodies of fallen to ash
Hades(3) claim
The dead to find
The grief and pain of war and disgrace
Trickling, sliding, a sigh escapes
Even the strongest are broken with sadness
A river of tears flows freely
All should mourn
The grief and pain of war and disgrace
Shining, glinting, light blinding enemies
A savior to come!
Hectors(4) nightmare
All should cringe
The grief and pain of war and disgrace
Gasping, gawking, surprise widening eyes
A dream left un-slain
Achilles(5) safe on shore
All should feel
The grief and pain of war and disgrace
Building, rising, hatred consuming soul
Patroklos(6) slain by Hector
Nemesis(7) gaining power
All should dread
The grief and pain of war and disgrace
Fuming, seething, desire to kill
The nightmare slays the dreamer
The Fates(8) thread is cut
All should see
The grief and pain of war and disgrace
Pounding, clopping, horses hooves on soil
Achilles chariot drags Hector's body
Athena(9) nowhere to be seen
None should know
The grief and pain of war and disgrace
Pleading, granting, a nod of the head
A great exchange made
Hector buried; Helen grieving
A guilty heart to hold
The grief and pain of war and disgrace
1 The face that launched a thousand ships - The reason the war began was to get Helen, the beautiful wife of a powerful king, back after the son of another powerful king took her
2 Ares - God of war
3 Hades - God of the dead and wealth
4 Hector - One of the best fighters on one side of the war
5 Achilles - The greatest fighter on the opposite side of Hector. When he was a child his mother dipped him in the river Styx and all his body except his heel became inpenetrable to mortal weapons.
6 Patroklos - Achilles greatest friend
7 Nemesis - The goddess of revenge and vengeance
8 The Fates - Three sisters who decide the fate of mortals
9 Athena - Goddess of wisdom