I am Zeus !

A poem about the power of love

I am Zeus God of gods, 
the omnipotent one!
All immortal and mere mortal
bow in reverence,
to my almighty power, awesome!

I could make you a king, 
ruler, over land and sea, 
or I could take it all away again, 
just as easily!

I can crush a mountain, 
just as you a fly, 
or send a multitude of shooting stars, 
across the midnight sky! 

If my desire a princess royal 
would relinquish, 
a much coveted, cherished, chastity
There really is no limit,
to my ability!

But you tiny, insignificant, mortal man 
I am envious of thee
as what you know, I know not off 
and it burdens me!

Why doth the lady's cheeks glow red,
when you pass each other by?
Or when you gently clasp her hand, 
why that sparkle in her eye?

If this is what you know as Love
then I must decree!
It has more power than I above,
for it is unconditional 
and esteemed by parity!

Reviews

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn..]

Tom,

You have set to pen of page a most enthralling philosophical piece of excellent Poetry that does well to stir the imagination nation within the mind of that men are taught as conditioned and programed mentally to perceive is to believe as truths that are lies of Religion's Bullshit that ain't diddly s**t, but lies, lies, lies, and more lies upon lies to fool guys like you and I, in teaching us of an alleged God which the The Church & her whorish Protest-ant daughters proclaim as Love, but knows nothing of Love, else He as a dumbass s**t would not have violated said as alleged Virgin Mary, the betrothed wife of another man forced into the position of raising another's child, whilst being more loving and merciful than is such a proclaimed God, himself, so as to NOT claim his Israelite Torah written and said right to have his violated and ravished betrothed wife stoned to death, but, instead, to determine to love her, anyway of anyhow, for of us less than God-like ways as a man who obviously was more right of rightly Godly and Righteous than was/is that alleged and speculated as proclaimed in the name of Bullshit God, Himself ...

I loved this wonderfully honest and sincerely written piece of Poetry ...

Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

[Tom]

Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham, many thanks for your visit and thoughtful review!

[Echoes of Eros]

I wanted to go back in time to one of your first posts, Tom. Here you transport us to the highest heavens, to the very throne of our Zeus, and show us that such a being cannot possess some of our simplest of pleasures and delights. And what a perfect flow and form!

[Tom]

Thank you Eros, yea despite his awesome power he cannot win the heart of the lady through freewill, thus essentially he cannot know love and is therefore at a loss and is jealous of mortal man!

[Echoes of Eros]

I'm glad we've got the edge somewhere! :)

[Dye]

This is a fantastic read. As much power as Zeus has he can not compete with a mere mortal in the love department. Adding to library now!

[Tom]

Thank you Dye, yes you got the gist of the story, for love to flourish it must be unconditional and given freely from deep within the heart !

[Dream Weaver]

Mythical? Perhaps but there's a message in this that all should heed.
Nicely done!

[Tom]

Thank you Dream Weaver

[Frieda P]

Such commanding poetry, and I love the twist you put on it.....

Why doth the lady's cheeks glow red,
when you pass each other by?
Or when you gently clasp her hand,
why that sparkle in her eye?

Love that stanza, great read!

[Tom]

Thank you Frieda, glad you enjoyed it !

[Frieda P]

My pleasure, I enjoyed Zeus in envious green!

[Tom]

Me too, I can't stand a big head ! lol

[Frieda P]

You rather deserve one after this. ;-)

[Tom]

I'm indeed flattered !

[Frieda P]

Not flattery, just honesty, okay now you better widen the doors. ;-)

[Lydia Shutter]

Love has many facets....many sides....and you have captured love through the eyes of a God.....what a unique prespective this is! It's almost as if Zeus is jealous of the power love possesses. Very good! Lydi**

[Sheila Kline]

Your ability to look at love from the perspective of Zeus - the almighty, the all knowing, yet not the all knowing when it comes to human emotion and love is most interesting! It makes me stop and think of how blessed we are to be able to FEEL, to experience LOVE!!
A very enjoyable read!!

[Hana Saemon]

ooh i love this! It is a different take on zeus and i love how you showed him as mighty at the beginning and further down, as a god who envies mortal beings for our human traits of love. well penned! enjoyed this very much!

[Katho28]

I love how you've shown Zeus' perspective in this poem.. a mere observer of love rather than someone who is actually experiencing the love. Through that, you were really able to emphasise the true power of love - how it is infinite times more powerful than any godly power... I find the use of contrast between Zeus' power and the power of love really interesting and clever... You've given me a whole new insight into the true power of love..
Well done :)

[Aethereal]

You express a philosophical message here with some great lines. There's a price for being a god, a price that a mortal would rather not pay. Gods are doomed to live within the hell of living with their loveless selves through all eternity.

[Coyote Poetry]

Great wisdom in the words. I like the realistic thoughts on the Gods and the glory of love. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote