For Athena
PRAYERS, POEMS AND RESEARCH - DEVOTED TO THE GODDESS ATHENA
PRAYERS, POEMS AND RESEARCH - DEVOTED TO THE GODDESS ATHENA
A sample of what you can expect here!
A sample of what you can expect here!
23. PRAYER FOR WORLD JUSTICE
23. PRAYER FOR WORLD JUSTICE
By γλαύκος
By γλαύκος
Great Athena
Great Athena
Gracious and Wise
Gracious and Wise
Strong of arm,
Strong of arm,
Full of noble beauty
Full of noble beauty
Please hear my fleeting voice.
Please hear my fleeting voice.
I am a powerless man
I am a powerless man
With no ways or means
With no ways or means
I struggle each day
I struggle each day
To make my way
To make my way
And my end shall be
And my end shall be
Like others of no power.
Like others of no power.
No one shall remember me
No one shall remember me
None of my works shall survive.
None of my works shall survive.
But you Athena,
But you Athena,
You are strong from the onset
You are strong from the onset
From the dawn of time
From the dawn of time
Till it's end.
Till it's end.
You are mighty
You are mighty
And your choice shall be the choice.
And your choice shall be the choice.
I implore you Athena,
I implore you Athena,
To force responsibility
To force responsibility
Upon those leaders of men,
Upon those leaders of men,
Who scoff at correctness
Who scoff at correctness
And who hate Justice
And who hate Justice
With all their hearts.
With all their hearts.
They poison nations
They poison nations
With the smoke of their industry
With the smoke of their industry
They conspire to drive
They conspire to drive
Their corporations like tanks over the
Their corporations like tanks over the
Crushed lives of the third world
Crushed lives of the third world
And keep vast arrays of people impoverished
And keep vast arrays of people impoverished
Within their own house,
Within their own house,
To do their bidding in a desperate way.
To do their bidding in a desperate way.
They feed them evil things
They feed them evil things
And disease them
And disease them
To provide cures at great cost.
To provide cures at great cost.
Innocent men are jailed
Innocent men are jailed
Guilty men walk free
Guilty men walk free
Not by accident
Not by accident
But by design...
But by design...
Justice is beaten and stoned
Justice is beaten and stoned
And dragged like Hector
And dragged like Hector
through the streets of every nation,
through the streets of every nation,
And they mock her
And they mock her
like barking dogs biting at her legs.
like barking dogs biting at her legs.
You my great and Noble friend,
You my great and Noble friend,
Are the Maker and Destroyer of Nations,
Are the Maker and Destroyer of Nations,
Your choice will be the choice.
Your choice will be the choice.
As the men of old implored you
As the men of old implored you
I implore you now to root out
I implore you now to root out
and truncate the tendons
and truncate the tendons
of the many handed ones,
of the many handed ones,
The 500 Giants of East and West,
The 500 Giants of East and West,
North and South,
North and South,
who sprang from the corrupt lines
who sprang from the corrupt lines
of the fake books.
of the fake books.
They gathered all the fruits of the earth
They gathered all the fruits of the earth
And devoured them in an orgy
And devoured them in an orgy
Refusing to plant their seeds so that
Refusing to plant their seeds so that
The many mortals could eat in turn.
The many mortals could eat in turn.
And that which the Gods provided
And that which the Gods provided
For the mass of men...
For the mass of men...
Is burnt with hatred by them in a cloud of spite.
Is burnt with hatred by them in a cloud of spite.
The smell of their crime may already have reached Olympus,
The smell of their crime may already have reached Olympus,
And the flood of milk has been poured away,
And the flood of milk has been poured away,
Lest it enter the mouths of the hungry.
Lest it enter the mouths of the hungry.
These giants will be easy for you, Athena.
These giants will be easy for you, Athena.
Like the giants you slew of old,
Like the giants you slew of old,
They were no match for you!
They were no match for you!
They fell before you in rows,
They fell before you in rows,
And none could outwit you.
And none could outwit you.
So here is my prayer, Athena.
So here is my prayer, Athena.
I await your victory over the world of men,
I await your victory over the world of men,
And the establishment of your throne.
And the establishment of your throne.
My prayer and my hope is with you.
My prayer and my hope is with you.