Ravensong Poetry And Writing Blog by Donovan Baldwin

Proud Achilles

By: Donovan Baldwin

Hector's gone. He's gone to die.

He's gone from Troy. He's gone to try...

Try to best the proud Achilles.

Hector's wife upon the wall,

Who gazes down and watches all

Sees the wrath of proud Achilles.

Trojans in, and Greeks without

Watch Hector's final, fatal bout

With Thetis' son, the proud Achilles.

Pray for Hector who died bravely

As Greeks and Trojans watched so gravely

But, also pray for proud Achilles.

Who, for his dead friend, Patroclus,

Dragged Hector's body through the dust

Such was the rage of proud Achilles.

For this the gods sat in debate

And wove the web which trapped his fate,

The looming death of proud Achilles.

Neither sword, nor spear, but arrow

Little more than swooping sparrow,

Dimmed the eyes of proud Achilles.

# posted by Donovan Baldwin @ 9:21 AM