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Mars, The God Of War

I
Mars! I hear thine marching footsteps,
Upon the battlefields of Time.
Armies clash at the Walls of Troy,
Rifles fire on the Beaches of Normandy.
Thou, Oh Destroyer, are always there.

Oh dreadful War! The Eagle of
The Third Reich is thine herald.
Thou reeks of putrid corruption,
of human soul and spirit.

Ares! Arch Foe of all Man,
And Beast alike.
So Thou lies amongst the toxic trenches
So the wolf pack hunts for fresh meat.

Mighty Champion! May the drone strikes
Sing thine deafening battle cry.
Thy bloody face is seen in Iraq, Afghanistan,
Syria, everywhere livid in thine turmoil

Mars! Glory and Victory are thine daughters,
Pain, Panic, Strife thine sons.
Thou, Oh Destroyer, are always there.

II
Tyr! Thou art forever young,
Fresh with young mens' blood.
Scarlet Rider valiantly jousting
The White Knight of Peace
A battle never-ending.

O glorious War! Sages condemn
Thy name! A plague, a virus,
The birthplace of Heroes.
Thine halls are Eternity's vault.
Ares! Without thine presence,
History is a homeless eremite.
Guide of Time's flowing river
Forever bloodying its banks.

Arch Foe! Prejudice is they mistress,
Sorrow thy paramour.
Raper of Innocence and Tranquility
Valhalla is filled with thine kin.

War! Immortal Prince of blood!
Wearer of a million faces
Thou, Oh Destroyer, are always there.

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