Achilles, doomed to never return home
Spent ten years of a war in his tent
Finding home in Patroclus’s warmth
Helen ran towards her heart’s desire
Knowing a thousand ships would follow
But the peace of love triumphs over any war
Calypso, cursed to love those who cannot stay
Can’t stop herself from loving anyway
Those precious few days are the best of her immortal life
Alexander the Great loathed feeling mortal
Chasing Homeric glory, he only came down to Earth
To spend a night in Hephaestion’s heart
Jupiter has a storm bigger than our world
So even the Great Red Spot has an eye,
An oasis of calm amid the gale
So maybe peace isn’t everywhere for all time
But kept in small pockets of forever