Brought to flowing water
In search of great power.
Submerged, a baby
In a divine river.
I seek for him
To be invincible
For the man who seeded
Me with him is no god.
He must be strong.
My son, hero of all.
Born from me, destined
To be greater than his father.
Thus I come to the border of worlds,
Earth and Hades, the river Styx.
On the bank, now is my chance.
Child in hand, ready to dip.
I hold him by the heel as I put him inside.
I lift him back up, sure of the powers of Styx.
Now invincible, my son’s fate is sealed.
All will know of his name, “Achilles”.
Apr 27, 2019
Apr 27, 2019 at 4:04 PM UTC
Brought to flowing water
In search of great power.
Submerged, a baby
In a divine river.
I seek for him
To be invincible
For the man who seeded
Me with him is no god.
He must be strong.
My son, hero of all.
Born from me, destined
To be greater than his father.
Thus I come to the border of worlds,
Earth and Hades, the river Styx.
On the bank, now is my chance.
Child in hand, ready to dip.
I hold him by the heel as I put him inside.
I lift him back up, sure of the powers of Styx.
Now invincible, my son’s fate is sealed.
All will know of his name, “Achilles”.
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