02-06-2018, 09:45 AM
His Father
Fear and Terror live within
the House of Mars, blood-warrior,
each vital to his brazen march.
Terror spends his time exalted—
on its highest floor he rages,
tool and touchstone of success:
when his foes are seized by Terror,
fleeing, mindless prey to panic,
Mars can fell them from behind.
Fear lives in a cellar-bunker,
watching all around him, plotting
massive, planned retaliation
for assaults that may not happen.
Fearing rapine, panic-slaughter,
loss of unity, enslavement,
insults un-revenged, dishonor,
Fear demands that Mars attack.
Mars loves his son Terror dearly,
pushes him toward seducing
Peace as weapon of the weak.
Mars knows Fear lives in his cellar,
treats him as a sage advisor,
not a madman: Fear’s his dad.
Fear and Terror live within
the House of Mars, blood-warrior,
each vital to his brazen march.
Terror spends his time exalted—
on its highest floor he rages,
tool and touchstone of success:
when his foes are seized by Terror,
fleeing, mindless prey to panic,
Mars can fell them from behind.
Fear lives in a cellar-bunker,
watching all around him, plotting
massive, planned retaliation
for assaults that may not happen.
Fearing rapine, panic-slaughter,
loss of unity, enslavement,
insults un-revenged, dishonor,
Fear demands that Mars attack.
Mars loves his son Terror dearly,
pushes him toward seducing
Peace as weapon of the weak.
Mars knows Fear lives in his cellar,
treats him as a sage advisor,
not a madman: Fear’s his dad.
Non-practicing atheist