Hello Robert,
Thank you for the invite, I thoroughly enjoyed your poems and here's my very small contribution in return ...
It is a letter from Aphrodite to Ares .....
My dearest Ares,
To this land I have returned once more
What magical awe to walk along this shore
The heralding sound of distant drums
Of foam and shell I once had come
Somethings are still old and something are new
Some I owe to the life shared with you
Your hopes and dreams I pray to renew
So behold, once again I stand before you
No throne, no fame, no ancient glory
Just a mere mortal living a simple story
Can Olympus not forgive that which to past has come
Can you not love me again in the name of my son
Oh, Ares, my dear , how it use to be
When my people had nothing to fear from me
To grace my people with this sacred soil
I weep in secret for their suffering toil
Children cry at flying birds with deadly wings
Speedier than Apollo's chariot upon the seven winds
I sense the hand of Diana so fair
But to you I would give all I solemnly swear
Ares, My dear, how did I wrong you so
That my people into battle you would happily throw
For love of Eros ... my son ... I pray
Displace your hatred ... keep their fear at Bay
Shades of dusk now shadow the green
Where warriors and blood shed has been
Mortals sworn to protect we have been
You My Lord Ares can still reign supreme
Let all these wrongs be turned to right
Let the Gods continue amongst themselves to fight
To you once more my life I would sacrifice
To ease these troubled times and the Cypriot plight
For love is my name and a vow so true
That why this mortal stripped before you
Pleads and begs you ....... Set my people free
Take care and have a wonderful weekend.
Venerina