Confession’s Good for Demi-Gods

Confession’s good for demi-gods;
their powers can sustain
such numberless catastrophes
that render psychic pain

sufficient to cause trauma

that to say the thing outright
can sometimes vent the worst of it,
and help them see some light.

But when confession’s not enough,

and they find they can’t cope,
and face a bleak eternity
devoid of any hope,

and given what they might have done,

and come to understand,
it’s strange how badly everything
can get so out of hand.

It’s then they start to envy

how our fates as mortals lie.
However badly we screw up,
at least we get to die.








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