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Aren't we all like Perseus? Looking for what we can conquer For what will give us glory And immediate satisfaction? Looking for what we selfishly require to soothe our sinful palate Rather than see the thievery, debauchery, infidelity and calamity That we leave on our path to that beautiful glory We keep our eyes fixated on the prize Pretend that we didn't hesitate When we pilvaged the sanctuaries Behind the eyes of the innocent For just one more Unsentimental mug raised in our name A mug haunted by the eyes Of the lives we stole in glories name And tainted by the shame inside our hearts Pretend that it meant nothing to us That we didn't stay up in vigile the whole night While guilt and remorse swallowed us whole That we didn't bury our armor and burn our honor Or worse; pretend that we did Spend the day twisting the knife Through the knees of the kind Laughing as the crowd cheers Only to forget the next day What it all was for I suppose that's what makes us human Desire Selfishness Hesitation Remorse
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Jan 14, 2020
Jan 14, 2020 at 11:01 PM UTC
Perseus; the human
Aren't we all like Perseus? Looking for what we can conquer For what will give us glory And immediate satisfaction? Looking for what we selfishly require to soothe our sinful palate Rather than see the thievery, debauchery, infidelity and calamity That we leave on our path to that beautiful glory We keep our eyes fixated on the prize Pretend that we didn't hesitate When we pilvaged the sanctuaries Behind the eyes of the innocent For just one more Unsentimental mug raised in our name A mug haunted by the eyes Of the lives we stole in glories name And tainted by the shame inside our hearts Pretend that it meant nothing to us That we didn't stay up in vigile the whole night While guilt and remorse swallowed us whole That we didn't bury our armor and burn our honor Or worse; pretend that we did Spend the day twisting the knife Through the knees of the kind Laughing as the crowd cheers Only to forget the next day What it all was for I suppose that's what makes us human Desire Selfishness Hesitation Remorse
#perseus#hellenism#greek#greekmythology
Pyrrha
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Pyrrha
24/F/Texas
Jan 14, 2020
Jan 14, 2020 at 11:01 PM UTC
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