The fourteen gods
This is a story about fourteen gods,
one different than the other
being immortal, they are yes,
but does immortal make one happy?
Being the King of the gods does not mean to abuse your power,
It does not mean you can do what you want.
Being the King of the gods means that you rule wisely,
That you listen to others, that you make the right decisions.
Family does not need to perfect,
Family does not mean that everybody should be polite to each other.
Family means accepting the people in it just as they are, may they be silly, annoying or idiotic,
Family is there where home is and it should feel that way.
Water does not mean hurricane or tsunamis, it isn't chaos
Controlling water doesn't mean you can use it to unleash your anger with it.
Water is more than that, it is the engine of life, the origin of all living things
water is the symbol of the eternal cycle of life.
Death does not mean to kill someone,
Death is not evil or disturbing,
Death is a part of the life cycle, without it the world would be even worse than now
Death is a release after a long and hard life, Death is your eternal companion.
Agriculture does not mean to talk the whole time about cereal,
Agriculture is not plain boring,
Without it the world population would be starving,
without it the Earth would be just a cold and dead planet.
Hearth does not mean fire,
Home is not the place where you live.
Hearth is there were you feel warm and welcome,
Home is the place were your friends and family are.
Beauty does not mean that you have to look awesome,
Love does not mean heartbreak,
Real Beauty comes from the inside, not from the outside
Love is caring and healing, love is there where you feel secure.
Technology does not mean, that it is complicated or makes one unattractive when interested in it
Fire does not mean harm or destruction
Technology means creativity and logic combined, making a world a better place
Fire means warmness and comfort, fire is energy, fire is life.
Strength does not mean you have to have a lot of muscles,
Strength does not mean to be good in a battle,
Strength means always standing up again after you fall,
Strength means that you never give up, strength means that you believe in yourself
Wisdom does not mean that you are always right
Wisdom does not mean that you know everything
Wisdom means that you admit when you are wrong
Wisdom means to make the right choices, not the choices that you think are right
Being a virgin does not mean to hate all the guys on Earth
Being a virgin does not mean to avoid love at all costs
Being a virgin means freedom and individuality,
Being a virgin means to discover love.
Art does not mean to brag about themselves,
Art does not mean paintings or haikus,
Art means creativity and joyousness,
Art means an endless imaginary, art is the color of the life.
Drinking wine does not mean to be drunk all the time
Wine is not just an alcoholic drink
Wine means life, it symbolizes strength
Wine is the blood of the human being.
Being a messenger does not mean to be fast
Being a messenger does not mean to be a marionette
Being a messenger means that you are the bridge
Being a messenger means freedom and duty at the same time.
Fourteen gods, fourteen symbols
Each of them have their flaws
Ont the outside they may seem to be mighty and strong,
but on the inside they are broken.
Zeus has been trapped in the cage of power.
He seeks after freedom because he doesn't get his own, being the king of the gods.
Hera turned bitter because of her constantly cheating husband.
She seeks after perfectness in her family, because she can't get her own perfectness.
Poseidon suffers under anger issues,
He seeks after peace, because he can't get his own.
Hades is shunned by most of the gods,
He seeks after acceptance, because he lost his own.
Demeter is obsessed over cereal,
She seeks after a break, because she can't stop her obsession.
Hestia is ignored by all gods,
She seeks after a home, because she can't find her own.
Aphrodite suffers under confusion,
She seeks after real love, because she don't understand it.
Hephaestus suffers under his appearance,
He seeks after beauty, because his appearance is gruesome.
Ares strength has turned him arrogant,
He seeks after modesty, because he lost his own ages ago.
Athena is too pride for her own good,
She seeks after stupidity, so she can see things from a different light.
Artemis bad experience with guys have turned her into a sexist,
She seeks after understanding, because she herself can't understand guys.
Apollo suffers under the burn-out-syndrome, because of his many duties
He seeks after mortality, so he can finally find his peace.
Dionysus didn't want to be the god of wine,
He seeks after an end in his eternal cycle of being drunk, so he can end his misery.
Hermes suffers under inferiority
Hermes seeks after being important, so he will never be overlooked again.
Fourteen gods, fourteen symbols
Each of them have their flaws
all of them wear their masks,
but in the end the mask will fall.
Wow, what a fic. I always thought that people needed a little bit understanding for the gods. They all have made mistakes, yes, but I think they have all their reasons. I wanted to show that being a god, is not easy at all. As you can see, the immortality is eating them up. I didn't make a rhyme scheme, because I think that would have destroyed the purpose of this whole thing. Maybe another time. So who is you favorite god? Mine is actually Hera (even if she is hated). I think she is totally misunderstood, I don't blame her for being bitter, if her husband is constantly cheating on her and almost all gods dislike her. Also she united the Romans and Greeks (I mean without Hera there wouldn't be a Heroes of Olympus, that means there would be no Leo :( ). Maybe it is just me, because I somehow like bashed characters (like Ron Weasley from Harry Potter or Sakura from Naruto or Piper (seriously I have no ideas why people don't like these characters), heck I even like Cho Chang (okay, I hate Octavian, but who doesn't)) I just find these characters interesting, because they complex people, not the best on the outside, but suffer under insecureness or a terrible past on the inside. For these characters, I think, you need to look deeper in them to actually like them. Well, enough said. I hope you liked this chapter. Please review it. Have a nice day :)