Song of Ares

It is said secretly that Aphrodite asked her consort Ares to write a poem of his love. He did so, unfortunately, it was to himself. It is why vanities and passion often stir the rage of war.

Song of Ares

By

Carlos Lorenzo Estrada 

When words are not enough 

You will find me raging like a gale against the unforsaken sea

Plaint will unbreakable; courageous strong immutable, ships fall to me.

I will be the tempest of havoc cloaked in shroud of forlorn angst

Vociferous vehement fury; cascades of the acrimonious. 

The silence will be my scream, the calm my anger

I will be the Janus mask in counter toward your supple nature. 

The bonds of love will not be rapturous, nor harmonic in concordance 

I will be the stolen flame whisked by the hands of Prometheus.

It shall be by my will that the dirge of war commence 

Mournful unforgiving violently nihilistic in endeavor.  

Let the funeral pyres burn noxious vaporous white

The dead shall be earth and the blood shall be rain.

No cry of Angels sing, nor hungering demons weep

The songs of War shall forever reap.

When words are not enough 

Author's Note

If this were a song I could actually hear then it would be sung by Led Zeppelin with the blues rock edge of Robert Plant along with his virtuoso minstrel the great Jimmy Page. Thank you for reading and feel free to comment on this work.

Reviews

[R.J Calzonetti (Siniste..]

I quite like this, I was reading it earlier but didn't get the chance to leave a review. This is my new favourite work from you. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

Thank you, RJ, for leaving such a nice comment on this poem. I had fun writing this because of the idea it is based on. Aphrodite asking her consort Ares to write a love letter she assumes would be for her, but instead he ends up writing it for himself. It was wickedly fun to work under that idea. All I had to do was channel a testosterone induced tyraid wratched up to a level ten. I could only imagine the scowl the Goddess of love probably had as Ares read this haha. Thank you again my friend for leaving your thoughts on this work.

[R.J Calzonetti (SinisterPotatoe)]

I've always loved Greek mythology, and I know very well the true nature of Ares. He is the worst of the Olympians, and the least liked. In one myth, Zeus told Ares just that, and that if he wasn't his own son, he would be an outcast. Interesting that both of Zeus' children with Hera, Ares and Hephaestus where looked down on by Zeus. Meanwhile Athena, a far better war godess, gains the favour of Zeus. Ares also was wounded by mortals in favour with Athena, and has failed completely to take down a single titan or giant, even getting kidnapped. Ares doesn't live up to expectations. Either way, this would definitely be the poem he would write.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and yet words are really more powerful if we let them be.
Yes, I could hear Bonham drumming to this...Plant screeching out the lyrics with some soft tones mixed in, and Page jamming on his guitar.
maybe a tune like "Hats off to Roy Harper"---with some nice feedback.

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

Next to the masterpiece of pure perfection that is "Stairway to Heaven" no song haunts me more then the wailing dirge of "When the Levee Breaks". I literally get lost in that rapturous cacophony of pure numb inducing glorious madness. That song literally makes you feel it in every musical note and lyrical word. It is a rock God's anthem. Thank you, Jacob, for your comment. It's time to put on some Zep right now. Take me once more to Valhalla!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Oh yes, the levee breaks is a great song...I got tired of Stairway, but never the Levee...best song on Zeppelin IV....