Eclipse

Beast of fire

Burn the bridges and dance in their ashes

Your flame is flickering like a candle

Do not fall into the Darkness

Bear your burning Crucifix with pride

The scars on your chest are a sacred sign

The embers in your eyes can burn the world

And heal it at the same time

Chaos erupted into a million star

And covered the world in darkness

Only your light, your flames will change the world

Set the clock right

On the path of eternity

You are the divine prophecy,

Since earth was created,

You were the reflection of the sun on its beautiful face,

The accursed gods, terrified that you might take their place,

Made you an offering to darkness

From that day

Eclipse became your birth

And the moon cast its shadow forever.

Maxwell O’Reilly

I am Prometheus

Adorned with tongues of eternal flame

God of Fire is my venerable name

I am fire that cannot be tamed

I am the light and warmth revered

I am the wrath and destruction feared

I am a Champion lauded and cheered

I gave my fiery essence to humankind

Defying the gods and chains that bind

To eternal torment I was confined

Eagles plucked my heart from my chest

Made my grave into their nest

To spend eternity in pain and unrest

I am Prometheus, dead ere my prime

My legend has endured throughout time

Written in myth, stories and elegant rhyme

Max O’Reilly

Death with Dignity

Romeo (Maxwell)

Ions had passed since the day we met

Though it was only a yesterday

The candle I lit has not extinguished yet

Though the wind had blown it away

My flames flicker ever weaker apart

From your sweet loving embrace

My soul longs to blissfully depart

Roaming around planets and space

To catch a Star that shined afar

To make the world in love with night

When you cut my heart into little stars

To adorn the face of heaven so bright

When I shall die, the garish sun

Will be jealous of my heavenly glow

You vowed that I am the only one

Your heart had worshiped ions ago

Love me still though am now a Star

Dead and buried in sweet scented Earth

My heart carried a million scar

The torment of your love was worth

The End was destined at my own hands

Freely I accept my fateful choice

I did what my dignity commands

Your objections will not silence my Voice

I chose to leave mortality behind

And soar high with angels divine

To my shattered heart to be kind

Free my soul from this feeble shrine

Maxwell O’Reilly

Forbidden Love

SHE

Away from him

I am like a ballerina rotating alone

Locked in her velvet music box

Dancing to the moonlight tune

ME

Away from her

I sit here in silence,

Just thinking of her

Holding my breath

For the next kiss

That will revive our tune

SHE

Away from him

I am suffocating with tears

Longing to reach out and touch him

When my hand touches the empty air

My hand falls

My heart breaks and dreams

That the next time I reach out

He will be there

To hold me

And we dance together

To the moonlight tune

ME

When I gaze into her eyes

I see the look of eternity there

When our lips meet

Tis the taste of heaven

SHE

Away from him

I am trapped

In this glass cage

It is a mirror

My lonely reflection

Is all I see

ME

Our love is a forbidden dream

Where a dream is a sin

Yet she dreams

Of me

Her blood is spilled

Because she loved Me

Maxwell O’Reilly

Child of Sin

Like a cherished Pale flower, he grew

Its petals were nipped before they blew

The trembling trees and songbirds knew

Winter was in the wind, on the morning dew

A child of love of a mortal who played with sin

With the goddess of love, cruel fates begin

A story of passion and death to slowly spin

A shattered rebellious soul caged within

Winter gave way to spring fresh and warm

When he was born, fashioned in a godlike form

Clouds burst; skies flashed into a raging storm

How did love into such betrayal transform  

Treachery flung her arrows pierced his heart

Shattered by deep convulsions rent apart

Ere his time he lay broken, soul longing to depart

Fate had ordained his death from the start

The golden hair shall never turn grey

Untimely snatched when time brings decay

Flowers decked the cold stone where he lay 

Resting in coffin on a cold wintery day

The songs are silent, hearts heavy and worn

Bereft eyes laden with tears, hopes forlorn  

When gods and mortal his passing mourn

His body is ephemeral, his soul is forever reborn

Maxwell O’Reilly

Goddess of the Hunt

The Wolf and the Moon

Poison lurks beneath dark waters

Roses burn in a crimson slaughter

The forest is still songbirds are silent

Lions hunker down no longer violent

The trees tremble, the blades of grass

In heavy shadows twirl and pass

Distant hills rock and shudder

Like a ship without a ruder

The horses neigh and prance

Dryads around the fire dance

A youth by the beautiful nymphs lured

The wrath of the gods he secured

An arrow cleaved its stealthy way

Into his heart, with glazing eyes he lay

Ready to embrace death, he stood

On the shore of lake Diana of the Wood

He heard her voice upon the storm

Air gushed around him and took ethereal form

The graceful nymphs, the deer, and the hound

She appeared, her head with roses crowned

My Goddess, he said with a trembling voice

For your pain, I will give you a choice

She said and extended her graceful hand

Your death was not what I have planned

He accepted the hand with a smile

This how salvation will be after a while

I chose to turn into a Wolf and lead the pack

The goddess was stunned, taken aback

My heart longs for the eternal hunt

For my indiscretion I will bear the brunt

I am the goddess of the hunt, so mote it be

You will lead the pack for whole eternity

A hunter loyal, fierce, and proud

With fangs and claws to be endowed

My eternal love, I will join you soon

That is why I howl to the moon

Maxwell O’Reilly

Goddess of Love

The Sun smiled sweetly to the silent rain
It whispered in drops my cloud will remain
It stirred the grass with a youthful touch
A maiden beside the lagoon she loves so much
She sang to her companion, the paling Moon
Wildflowers swayed around her like undulating dune
It washed the meadow in silver light
Envied the Sun and replaced its might
The rain touched the maiden cheek
Like a tear drop on a snowy peak
Her beauty unrivalled by the majestic Sun
The shimmering lights around her spun
Nursing a bleeding heart I lay beside the lagoon
Hoping my death will not come so soon
I, the shepherd, who was maimed and gored
My heart was ripped by the god’s jealous sword
When her touch awakened my drifting mind
To sweet desires I had left behind
I gazed upon the maiden and surprisingly saw
The goddess of love in her beauty and awe
Aphrodite, my savior from the dim
Underworld
My wings fluttered wildly and unfurled
My Blood mingled with her tears to become a flower
Lamentations for the god of youth in his final hour
Garden sown with my seed to germinate eternal love
Aphrodite changed into a white ethereal dove
Together we flew above the clouds into a dream
The symbol of love pure as it seems
I the mortal gave my blood to revive
The myth of love to endure and survive
My death is a winter bleak and cold
Nature’s is wailing in misery foretold
When I return to nature, spring begins anew
The cycle of love and loss is what remains true

Maxwell O’Reilly