History & Mythology

Mar 04, 2022

Written by Heather Gilchirst from Haringey Sixth Form College - London - UK

Jack the Ripper


Hide, for the Ripper plays

on London streets, smog at his feet

Blood is what he craves; in blood he bathes.


Run through the London maze

he is the butcher and you’re his meat

Hide as the Ripper plays


Can police stop his murderous craze?

When ladies of the night sleep on concrete

Blood is what he craves; in blood he bathes.


Too late - you’ll never see the morning rays.

He’ll never stop till he feels complete.

Hide, for the Ripper plays


It’s the end of days.

He is nothing but discrete.

Hide, for the Ripper plays.

Blood is what he craves; in blood he bathes.


The death of Balder


Weep for the god of light

Like the prophecy foretold,

the end is in sight


Hella holds on with all her might,

hit by an arrow uncontrolled.

Weep for the God of Light


The mistletoe has a deadly bite.

Everything was safe and controlled,

but now the end is in sight


It was the trickster’s delight

Hodr’s arrow and blindfold

Weep for the God of light


Without him nothing is right

chaos of Ragnarök will unfold

Weep for the God of Light

For the end is in sight

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