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# Hephaestus
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/hephaestus/
- Published: 2022-09-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Hephaestus, like the rest of us, desires to be loved. The myth is there to pester us. He is no lily gloved aristocrat or royalty: a blacksmith for the gods. Do they deserve his loyalty, or should he be at odds with He...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

Hephaestus, like the rest of us,  
desires to be loved.  
The myth is there to pester us.  
He is no lily gloved  
aristocrat or royalty:  
a blacksmith for the gods.  
Do they deserve his loyalty,  
or should he be at odds  
with Hera for discarding him  
and Zeus -- dad didn't care,  
his parents disregarding him,  
as if he wasn't there?  
The molten metal is his art,  
you won't hear him complain.  
His hands gnarled, twisted, but his heart  
is channeling his pain.

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