Axis & Allies - damowords

The Birth of Mars
As warring mortals more for battle born
Then deified when ride to victory,
So many dying Aeneas did mourn,
Earning him an honorary degree;
As Hercules
Joinʹd the pure immortals,
First Roman holds the keys to bright Heavenʹs portals.
Said Juno, ʺWelcome to this place,
See your skin suffers no scars,
Having founded manʹs greatest race
Thy name shall rise to the stars,
Brave souls shall crave thy shaven face
& worship thee as Mars!ʺ
She placed a broadsword in his shining hand,
ʺLegionʹs of eagles thine own to command!ʺ
ʺAs faith remains,ʺ spake Jupiter,
ʺYour faith shall never die,ʺ
Mars mused on the panorama
With an ambitious eye,
Throat thirsting for fresh victories for death had made it dry.
Olympus
The Ambition of Jove
Oer fields of light our Lord Jove did survey
Kingdoms & Godheads of a greater mind
Higher than his, musing on this display
How Jove philosophized upon his kind;
How faith & will
Creates creationists,
When gods with kudos fill like mystic alchemists.
He watchʹd how glory could be won
As Mars attackʹd Olympus
With an army made of Titan ‐
Tho battle laborious
Grecian gods slung in a dungeon
Sparing but young Venus ‐
ʺYou too could rule!ʺ Jove turnʹd to see a witch
Riding astride slithing Zmei Gorynich.
To hear old Baba‐Yaga speak
He paid her psychic worth
ʺThis fame ye seek comes from the meek,
To eke a humble birth
Wait planets fine‐aligning when your kind may walk the
earth.ʺ
Divinnia