#patroclus and achilles

LIVE

i think,

they will perish,

and yet my lips are silent—

they are sealed even when i am screaming

within my head;

i think,

they are unloved by the gods,

and pretend that i do not know—

i turn away from the noise within the wind

because they are just children;

i think,

he will lose his love,

but i do not know who i mean.

— secrets in pelion

#i thought the spaces in between actually show im gonna cry #chiron #patrochilles #patroclus and achilles #achilles #patroclus #the song of achilles #the iliad #ancient greek mythology and lore #ancient greek mythology #love poem #love poetry #poetry #spilled ink 
paper town@fuckit-poetry
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 21:36:41

i found love in you;

i found myself in war.

i’m sorry, i’m sorry, i’m sorry—

what is my legacy without you?


frantic denials

#alternatively jumbled thoughts as he stares at his beloved #the song of achilles #the song of achilles poem #patrochilles #patroclus and achilles #patroclus #achilles #the iliad #ancient greek mythology and lore #ancient greek mythology #poetry #love poem #love poetry 
paper town@fuckit-poetry
Sat, 16 Oct 2021 02:13:27

we are children running on the shore,

sand creeping in the spaces of our toes

as we stomp hard enough to leave a mark

because this is all i know the world will remember me for.


we are children running on the shore,

feet never truly touching the sea

because something lives underneath the waves

and you always try to protect me from her.


we are children running on the shore,

hands clasped tightly with each other’s

as we cherish the times we have left to spend;

marking the days we did not know were counted.


and then i was a ghost stuck on the trojan shore,

desperate, and yet unknowing how, to come back to you.


— pyrrhus, why?

#with their deaths on the trojan shore #is very neat #is just screams #the song of achilles #patroclus #achilles #patrochilles #patroclus and achilles #the song of achilles poem #the song of achilles aesthetic #ancient greek mythology and lore #ancient greek mythology #ancient greek poetry #greek myth poetry #greek myth retellings #love poetry #poetry #love poem #spilled poem #spilled poetry 
paper town@fuckit-poetry
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 17:26:06

i grieve for a love

that is not my own—

perhaps this is what the fates meant

when they foretold

that your story will stand

with time.

infinite lovers

#the song of achilles #this is about patrochilles #i cant help but love their love #their lives #their story #i just i cant move on #patroclus and achilles #the song of achilles poem #achilles #patroclus #patrochilles #the song of achilles aesthetic #the iliad #ancient greek mythology and lore #ancient greek mythology #poetry #love poem #love poetry 
paper town@fuckit-poetry
Sat, 28 May 2022 04:22:21

when he grieves,

it is easy to forget that he is the best of us—

the hands that tore down hundreds of charging men

now shake as they reach out to the empty space by his side.

the back that stood tall as he led us onward

now bows to the earth as though pleading the lesser nymphs that they be kinder than the warring gods;

as though begging them to bring back what once was.


but as he continues to grieve,

you begin to remember:

he is the best of us,

but his beloved was the best of him.

“‘what was his best part?’ / ‘his lover, patroclus.’ ” - circe, pg. 211

#the song of achilles #i actually sobbed when this came up in circe like #it went so beautifully that i ached for days #and for them to be talked abt in past tense #it hurt #patrochilles #patroclus #achilles #patroclus and achilles #the song of achilles poem #the iliad #ancient greek mythology and lore #greek mythology #ancient greek mythology #poetry #love poetry #love poem 
paper town@fuckit-poetry
Tue, 24 May 2022 00:34:25

i have imagined a thousand lives that i would live when he is gone,

but none of them bore enough happiness

to make his death worth everything the prophecies spoke of.

ah, i thought,

there would be nothing left for me in this world.

i turn to my side and watch him sleep.

my love, i will follow you in death.

(“As for the goddess’s answer, I did not care. I would have no need of her. I did not plan to live after he was gone.” - pg 188)

#the song of achilles #patrochilles #poetry #patroclus #achilles #patroclus and achilles #the iliad #the song of achilles poem #ancient greek mythology and lore #ancient greek mythology #the song of achilles aesthetic #tsoa poem #love poem #love poetry 
paper town@fuckit-poetry
Thu, 19 May 2022 17:53:14

elytrians:

hey wanna be boy best friends *dies in your arms*

#patroclus and achilles 
☆@vitariesocks
Wed, 01 Jun 2022 21:11:16
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