A Man's Journey, Athena, Elden Ways, Myths & Legends, Songs

“Golden Gates” (Song)

By Athena Stairs, October 25, 2025

I remember you from Elden days
As a whisper upon the wind

When love was just a shadow
In a world submerged in sin

And everywhere I’d follow
Led to high cliffs or dead ends

No money begged nor borrowed
Could erase our souls as kin

And if I were to tell you
We were someday meant to be

Would it be enough to hold you
Now we’ve found this reality?

My light it’s always been you
We have followed in its wake

The purest of intentions
Our blood never forsakes

Yet I who’ve come before you
Knows youth that still debates

How much longer when so close
Before our keys open the gate?

And instinct burns the scriptures
Where the wicked stole our fate?

For lifetimes we have witnessed
From afar the promised land

In each other’s eyes in passing
Swore an oath to hold your hand

Come to me now
Come home at last

It’s time we feast
On love’s repast

And all the world
Will know at last

What it feels like
To be truly blessed

Come revel with me
Breathe in the scent

Of Eden’s garden
No longer Hellbent

Children of God
As our descent

No longer cast
Far to wander

Come meet me
At the alter

Where our hearts
Spring wings anew

I know you
I know you

I know you
It’s true

I know you
I love you

Free at last
Me and you

—-

Haunting Elden melodies of longing.

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A Woman's Plight, Athena, Male Bonding, Myths & Legends

Embodiment

This is why the Goddess Herself
Had not married god nor mortal

For she had loved and lost
Bearing griefs of betrayal

But she did not become cynical
Although men have felt her Ire

No – instead she searched in scriptures
Heard in winds the Holy Ghost singing

Planted seeds for Trees of Tomorrow
Helping others find North in sorrow

She resigned her heart to solitary solace
Delighting in life’s colours and textures

Spun interwoven silk stories with spiders
Cajoled with Fates to ease human troubles

Only dreaming in innermost sanctum
Somehow a pure heart would awaken

Who’d be strong and wise enough to see
How the world was made for our eternity

And would love her as she would love He
While the Earth traveled peaceful galaxies