Αετός Αθηνάς

My goddess told me to go and spread my wings. I picked up a pen instead.

[findmeinthefountain]

It’s pouring rain

And we’re by a fireplace

There was a time

When we’d be out there

Dancing, laughing, loving

“It’s quite a downpour out there,

Isn’t it?”

A hum

A glance

A disregard

The rain continues its torrent

And life goes on

~Athena’s Eagle

[findmeinthefountain]

Heart of hearts,

hear my plea:

Don’t take my lover

Away from me.

We are young and only just wed,

And so i beg you; please don’t take her

From our marriage bed.

O goddess of love,

don’t leave me broken.

Grant my wish

As I offer this token:

A harp made of gold and loaves of sweet bread

As long as she isn’t stolen

From our marriage bed.

Please, Venus,

the most beautiful of all,

Leave her with me

And not Hades’ halls.

I love her so and “I do” I’ve just said

Do not rip that from me

Nor her from our marriage bed

So I see, evil being of stealing love anew,

you’ve murdered my bride,

So I’ll come for you.

Though I never wished this, you will end up dead.

You’ve stolen my wife

From our marriage bed

~Athena’s Eagle

[findmeinthefountain]

Tell me please where do the stars go ?

The stars go wherever they please, under the watchful eye of Astraeus. He looks after them, speaking to them and keeping them company.

The stars go wherever they please, except for the daylight. It has been forbidden by the one who knows all of astrology and all of the stars—for he would not have them see his love when he could not.

The stars go wherever they please, but they linger on the edges of the sky at dawn and at dusk. They watch carefully as the god of stars and planets holds his wife.

The stars go wherever they please, but they flock close to their Starry One when the goddess of dawn pulls away, leaving her husband to the cold and comforting light of the stars.

~Athena’s Eagle

[findmeinthefountain]

There’s a fog

In my head

That feels like a horror movie forest:

All gray skies

And dead leaves,

Gnarled limbs reaching up

Up

Up

Up.

Confusion clouds my senses

And i think i should be scared.

After all,

This is the point where someone dies

But as i navigate the dark twists and turns,

The howls echoing all around,

I cannot bring myself to care

~Athena’s Eagle

[findmeinthefountain]

I am worried for you

My dear

As your breaths come slow

And weak

I am terrified that you will leave me

And somehow excited for the prospect of freedom

~Athena’s Eagle

[findmeinthefountain]

It is raining again and i remember a time when you let me hold you

When you trusted me enough to pull you close

But you are sick

And i am sad

And the rain disguises our tears

~Athena’s Eagle

[findmeinthefountain]

I stood in the middle of a field,

Rain pouring,

With my hands outstretched.

In one hand i held a champagne glass

And in the other, my heart.

And though i had long since emptied both,

I took a sip.

And found that rain water had replaced the tears.

~it is only me this time, for i am not hers at the moment

[findmeinthefountain]

We shared blackberries in the spring,

Under the shade of old trees.

We lied in the creek in the summer,

Next to rocks worn smooth by the water.

We laughed in the fall,

Bathed in the smoke of a bonfire.

We slept in the winter,

Huddled close in the security of each other’s warmth.

And we cried in the season of heart break,

Wounded by the end of a love we thought hardy enough to last through the seasons.

~Athena’s Eagle

[findmeinthefountain]

Your love was like the sun:

I basked in your warmth for hours

And i did not realize that the comfort

You provided in those moments

Would come back to sting me

As soon as i left your light

~Icarus, the one too infatuated for his own good

[findmeinthefountain]

I don’t want to die

But maybe disappearing for a while

Would do everyone some good

~Athena’s Eagle

[findmeinthefountain]

Apollo

My sweet Apollo

I bathe in your light

And savor your warmth

Apollo

My lovely Apollo

I feel free when under your rays

And am one with the birds

Apollo

My dangerous Apollo

You grace my wings with light

And i would gladly perish if just to feel your warmth once more

~Icarus, the one too infatuated for his own good

[findmeinthefountain]

The halls smelled of roses

And petals covered the floor

I reeked of sadness

And tears painted my cheeks

~Athena’s Eagle

[findmeinthefountain]

You’ve made my heart bleed

Ironic, isn’t it?

~Hades, the one who was cast aside

[findmeinthefountain]

It was supposed to be beautiful

This love thing

But all i saw was

Wreckage, a mess

That one person would clean

Right before the other would fuck it all up again

~Athena’s Eagle

[findmeinthefountain]

He was the sun.

If I looked too closely,

I’d be blinded.

If I touched him,

I’d be burned.

So I’ll stay here on my earth

While he burns,

Millions of miles away.

~Icarus, the one too infatuated for his own good

[findmeinthefountain]

I bloomed in the spring until winter’s cold digits locked themselves around my heart.

Demeter, “I want my daughter back”

[findmeinthefountain]

Flowers grew in the cracks you made in me. The roots held me together for a while.

And i hoped you wouldn’t come with scissors to cut the delicate stems and pull me apart all over again.

~Athena’s Eagle