That's how people are: gods
in their minds, Apollos
and Aphrodites, an Ares
if they are more brave

the elderly immortal
on their own Olympus
playing Hera or Zeus
on Grand-board Earth, Grand

Princes among themselves, others
are their pawns doing the work
being obliged to give their life
when the almighty thoughts

do know no better: the monster
of reality steadily eats them away
and weakened, they shift the battle
to Small-board Self-deception

Who oh who
am I really?
Who did I choose to be?
My whole life is at stake