Hid behind a marble vanity
Clawing together what might be saved
Aphrodite desperate clutching pearls
Disbelief the walls finally caved
Hammering away on a final project
Betrayed by the product of his hands
Hephestus tries to forge a new life
In case his is spilled unto the sands
Athena pulls her bow with deadly aim
Hesitates too long from the shock
Sight of blood on her own fingers
Overwhelmed by the rising flock
Apollo atrempts at fiery rage
But learns the plight of Icarus
This time, the sun too hot for him
Blaze of glory and sweet caress
The seer warned of calamity
Hekate knew it was to pass
Yet the gods just dismissed
This pairing of stone meets brass
Younger brother to the throne
Master of the oceans crest
Poseidon as if lost at sea
Swallowed up with the rest
Golden footsteps leave a trail
Through halls and down slope
Seems Hermes may have escaped
Left the pantheon to cope
Zeus was the last to tumble
Highest perch touches down last
Yet even the mighty could not stand
After the last die was cast
In that moment they’re stuck
Their own forever Hell
Where they were
When Olympus fell
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