Ares
Scarlet sunsets,
Flaming sands,
Blood-red roads lead to oblivion.
Mountains hide
The wretched screams
Torn from a people
Who never again would dream.
Peering through the sands of time,
A vicious god
Holds the people to their crime. What is
This treachery? This endless battle
With no cause in sight? A Holy Land
Laid bare with the ravages of war.
In days of old, he was the God of War-
Cunning, ruthless, and vile.
But always did he fight
With a purpose and a people at his back.
It brings him no joy
To see children starved, families
Torn apart, cities leveled, and
Promises broken.
So dream, my child,
Wherever you may be.
The people have broken you, let
You down, trod upon your kin.
Dream in the hallowed halls
Of heaven, for you will not
Dream on Earth again.
He is helpless here,
For the people have forgotten
He is the God
Of noble war.