The Greatest Gods Had No Friends

I am no Aphrodite, yet,  

My feet shall rise alone from sea foam.

I shall stir madness by my lonesome

As Dionysus did with no gangs following.

I shall hunt by myself

As Artemis shot arrows in an abandoned forest 

With no one but limping deer to hear her screams echo.

There are no allies in the most beautiful Heavens;

Lucifer fell alone with no other angel to catch him.

He and I learned

Concrete is more stable than a mate.

I pray to myself for blessings.

I write my own testaments. 

I look above my crown of thorns for a miracle. 

I’ve grown eyes on the back of my head

To trail behind me as I continue on in solitude

Knowing my Heavens are overflowing at the brim 

With snake traps and spears.