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Ezekiel J. Krahlin
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PRAYER TO ARTEMIS

©1998 by Ezekiel Krahlin

Oh Artemis, Brave Artemis, Goddess of
The Sacred Hunt, and Savior of Apollo
(For whom Your life was sacrificed
With others soon to follow)!

Perseus had wrought a silver belt made
From Medusa's Snake, for You to wear
Around Your waist to grant complete
     protection
From blow or slash of club or sword,
     or any other weapon.

In Armageddon You did fight battle after
     battle:
Chaste, courageous in Your might,
Standing strong within the light...
Unstained, unslain, unharmed, and
     undefeated.

Yet the final skirmish had not been
     played
When Apollo lay wounded, dying, flayed,
Blood streaming from His valiant chest--
For the Beast of Lies had done his best
To doom the God of Healing to dark,
     eternal rest!

Unswerving in Your heart with courage
     like no other,
You gird the silver belt around Your
     dearest brother.
Upon that act You were suddenly flung
Beneath the hooves of Satan's steed,
And died...unnoticed, unshrouded,
     unsung.

Apollo rose to conquer all,
In this, the last, and greatest,
     war.

To honor You, a sister true, each eve He
     prays and faces west,
The direction in which You died.
Tears do grace His handsome face as He
     looks up to the sky:

Your blood now stains the sunset with
     virgin red-rose hues,
Spilled across the battlefield of deep
     azures and crystal blues!


---finis