Rage and Forgiveness

Nearby the ships, the armies have met

For a new onslaught far from the high walls

A torch is carried, the fire lets

No kind of retreat once the first flame falls

Bitter defeat again switches sides

Last hope of the greeks is waiting afar

The screaming fray engulfs like a tide

The one fallen under fellow's arms

Now he's back, enraged

Crimson blood will drench the soil

Soon he'll pour his cruel revenge

Upon the plain of Troy

So cloak your pain with rage

Fling a blade over despair

For the last battle to wage

Let fury lead warfare

No time to mourn

The revenge needs no tears

Of ire adorned

Unleash the baneful spear

No more inspired by the wish for praise

Thrown in the fire, as the many slayed

Dragging the corpse, so fiercely tough

Despite all the blood shed

This will never be enough

To behold the trojan dead

Painful distress still dwelling in his heart

Bloody vengeance has not quenched his wrath

As the mourning city awaits

Crossing the hallowed gate

An old man hauls his gift, unseen

To the bane of his kin

Here they are, the king, the warrior

Once they were the mightiest of theirs

Now on pathetic fate, they cry

Their beloved ones are lost, they died

Shared sorrow and crushing grief

Forgiveness rules, and rage is sheathed

Fame, hatred, blood and fire

None remains but a smoking pyre