On mortals and deities

On mortals and deities

In a world of gods and goddesses mortals are but pawns

Playing out the games of others through mortal lives

They are toys of fantasy and mystery where legend spawns

A world where lustful gods deceive their wives

With deeds to desecrate virginity innocence is destroyed

Yet for some the same become the heroes down the years

Stories of such trickery and mischief to be enjoyed

Fading into the background are those left in tears

The anthropoid so often shape-shifted into birds and stars

Placed high in the heavens and encapsulated in time

The magic and the deception glossing over the scars

Where mortal lives exist for the pleasures of the divine

Yet when such exploits and deeds come to be believed

Then what if mortals come to see themselves as deities

Then are other mortals as worshippers perceived

Whilst false gods and goddesses pretend to be realities

As vassals to their oaths we may then be bound

Whilst such false deities act out their legendary deeds

But hope will not be denied or vanish underground

From today’s protest will be born freedom’s seeds

I ask then how false deities are to be held to account

Unless their frailties are both challenged and exposed

Their cruelty and falsehoods have no monetary amount

Yet surely justice demands an ending to be imposed

Copyright: David Hopcroft January 2025