Prayer to Athena in Time of War

Athena of the steel-grey eyes and steady gaze,

goddess who sees the battlefield entire, who knows

each soldier on the field, who whispers

in each general’s ear, who hears each one who sits

at home and waits for word with hope and dread

and desperate prayers, I call to you. Athena,

a world at war is a fearful place, a place

of pain and woe, a place where all we understand

turns strange and terrifying, where all we know

of life and love is cherished all the more. Athena,

goddess who knows well of war and all it creates,

hear my prayers, hear the words of one whose faith

in you is full: I trust in your wisdom, goddess,

I trust in your righteousness. Athena, I trust in you.

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[Angel]

Ahh...there is always a war going on, somewhere, over something.
And always there are men...and women and children, too...dying for some "cause" or other.
And always the "cause" is the same...power hungry, greedy men, wanting more than they have or deserve...
My prayer is for peace...