Ok, so I was forced to reading this book with my class when I realized that everyone seemed to think Odysseus was some kind of hero. I mean I was the only one that thought 'hey, this guy just shows up after 20 years and kills a bunch of people even AFTER they surrendered'. It might be just me, but that seems pretty bad and well un-hero like. Besides they never really give the suitors a voice. Sure they mention a few names and some little details but that's it. Plus I'm sure at least 1 of the suitors must have been a somewhat decent guy, hence this poem. It's kind of depressing but… wait... what am I doing babbling? JUST READ IT!
By the way… seeing as this story was invented thousands of years ago, and since last time I checked I'm not immortal... that means it's not mine!
The Last One
He's coming for us, he's coming for us
With bow and spear and sword
Already Antínoos, the bravest, the best
He's fallen, blood smoking on the floor
So what hope, what prayer can the rest of us utter
What could save us from this man, this inhuman monster
He's coming for us, he's coming for us
Already so many are dead
Eurymakhos, Amphinomos, Agelaos, Peisandros,
And yet more continue to fall every minute
Down they go to deaths cold embrace
And yet still they continue to kill
Bloody Odysseus, savage Telemakhos,
And two more now
two more whose names are unknown
Yet they continue to cut down my fellow suitors
As if a scythe before a field of wheat
He's coming for us, he's coming for us
Were trapped, there's no way out
We've pleaded, we've fought
but it's clear the gods have already chosen a victor
and it is not us
it's time for me now, to travel down the lonely cold roads
down to Hades immortal kingdom
to face what judgment I might find
please be merciful O lord of the dead
He's coming for us, he's coming for us
And now I alone am left
To face my death on Odysseus's bloody sword
Why have I been condemned to die here
In this luxurious golden hall, once a place of laughter and joy
How was I supposed to know he was still alive
Merely waiting to return to his home
It wasn't fair, it isn't fair
I don't deserve this death
I did nothing wrong
I never harmed anyone
Why then, is it his right to slaughter us all here
Why have the gods granted him this choice
Why did he have to come back
Why do I have to die
Why….
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