Orpheus and Achilles

Orpheus and Achilles sing songs inside of me 

     Songs of war

      Songs of love

        Songs of suffering

          Songs of the Gods

These two aren’t as opposites as you might think

         No, I’d say they’ve found some sort of harmony

With Achilles shredding the electric guitar

    Perseus on the drums

      And Orpheus singing his bloody heart out

       With his Lyre in hand 

They jam out

They rock hard

They create something together 

Music

Orpheus writes the songs

       But Achilles rewrites them

       To make them edgier

Hermes manages the band

       And they’re signed to Dionysus Industries 

          He makes them perform for him on a whim

The God’s love to dance to their music

     Yes, the God’s put them through hell

      Then caged them on a stage

        Where the God’s dance to their children’s pain and rage

          Just so they can be entertained . . .

Achilles wants to fight back

   To terminate our contract

      To be free from the God’s

      Like the God’s did to the Titans

     All those years ago

But the show

     Goes on

       And on and on

        There is no stopping the God’s. 

-CH 8/18/25