In the continuing saga of the fall of Troy:
The Mission of Paris by Michael Romani Cheering Trojans party like no tomorrow Whispered rumors bring their sorrow A maiden finds her lips are sealed While coming darkness through a mirror is revealed Cassandra gives birth to dreams of black blood While clarity slips into the clear as mud Prophets speak of pending doom While the people drape in cloaks of gloom Too much reveling and too much drink Leads to far too little time to think A drunk man lacking in any real talent Rises up to take one more challenge There is no escaping the dogs of tomorrow With all of its whispered rumors bringing sorrow For tomorrow will come not matter how we fight Dark of night will always give way to new light Paris is given his test and given a mission He'd like to bow out but lacks permission Sent not at request but at the king's command He has been given his task to learn and understand Setting out at his king's grave command Paris voyages to a foreign land Tonight King Menelaus will hold a banquet On behalf of another whose disposition is less delicate Paris presents himself before Menelaus, the lord Offering spices instead of his training sword Helen joins the celebration to hear his story As she curiously reveals herself in all of her glory Indulgences of complete disruption Tells the prince's tale of woeful interruption Funny how things so small can change things so much But King Menelaus is not laughing at his hunch Castle walls grow dark and so very thin While sultry dancers dance dressed in skin There is perhaps too much there to see As stolen glimpses whisper of stolen ecstasy (c) August 14, 2018 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 