Wherein Man's Dark Curse, Felled the Olympic Gods', Part Two

Wherein Man's Dark Curse, Felled The Olympic Gods', Part Two (III.) Alas! Cold silence, the depths of darkening wrath Came to invade the fallen god's newborn nightmare Waking to find agony and his earthen path Twas his penalty for flouting Fate without care Standing upon mountains created by his words The vanquished God in disgust looked at earth's sad plight Its wickedness, the apathy of its vast herds As he saw, "only savage darkness comes from might"! In newfound revelation, deep regret set in Time laughed at his great folly and his sad dismay He now saw his mistake giving power to men Gifting Fate its method to increase its decay Blinded to his ever-faithful enemy Time Its unification with Fate, invincible Alas! Was his epic blindness his greatest crime From the Hidden had then burst the invisible! Wisdom and sight had arrived but both were too late All were mysterious acts of the great Unknown He had never thought Time would find its true soulmate With Fate unite to infect earth, all he had grown As years of isolation sapped his god-powers And far greater man's belligerence contempt grew Upon earth, mankind built its dark massive towers With ever greater wrecking its treasures accrue! Time remains invincible, its powers supreme. Combined with Fate as an unconquerable team. (IV.) Looking back the fallen god finally shed tears Not for his coming demise but for what was lost How the universe now suddenly switched its gears And in its wake, the olden gods had paid the costs In crying loneliness, he saw earth's newest scenes How these mortals his paradise sought to destroy As they with pride strut around with a peacock's preen And dare to slash his garden as if a mere toy! That night the old god sought out the deepest abyss Determined to flee, to never look back at all In dying sorrows, swearing man to never miss Cursing fervently mankind, its arrogant gall As morn's bright sun its radiant rays cast anew The last fallen god imagined a place of dark For Time and Fate had both given their sweet adieu Sealing that trek upon which he must now embark! Earth was teeming, dark days basking in man's decrees Paying no heed to the last fallen god's leaving Mankind was too busy poisoning earth, and seas To stop dark lustful greed to ever start grieving O the horror as the fallen god did look back To find that the mortals were warring yet again With their cuts, slashing, ripping, and great deceiving Splashing what was beautiful with hideous stains! Time remains invincible, its powers supreme. Combined with Fate as an unconquerable team. Robert J. Lindley, Part One 6-17-2019, 9-09-2019,10-31-2020. (In Tribute to Keats, Shelley, and Byron, finally, first half completed) This is Part Two, poem is now completed 11-06-2020.