Worlds Did Collide Poem by Ray Lucero

Zeus/Jupiter sent chaos to Earth
Comet Athena with her fiery tail
Had Aries chosen not intervene
Total destruction might entail


Aries fought valiantly (to his demise)
For the fate of Earth was in his hands
Earthlings gazed up at angry skies
At a battle between two firebrands


Came a flood, the Earth did quake
Islands sank n' mountains rose
With lives of all living things at stake
Aries cast forth a volley of arrows


A pierced Athena did finally withdraw
Waters receded n' earthquakes ceased
Survivors wailed, cried n' stood in awe;
For South was North n' West was East


Zeus placed the wounded warriors in orbit
Commanded "Move thee ‘round the Sun"
Athena became Venus (The Morning Star)
Aries (devoid of life) became Mars (in isolation)


Man's memory of these past events did fade;
Except as legend of an ancient cosmic escapade

(Inspired by IV)


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