your beauty put nations into dispute trying to benefit from the rewards of your youth for every treasure there's nothing to spare they used you, abused you, then left you in despair
you've welcomed other nations to experience your land but your slaughter is what they've plotted that's what they've planned never have you ever became selfish of your beauty but you failed to discern the hands of the greedy
your pillars they shattered into pieces your temples they burned down to ashes you called for gods but it is the gods who are the roots one even turned his back after gaining from your loots
you offered so much but they left you nothing but scars you gave them beauty they gave you famine and farce should you have invited Eris? behold, you're the victim of war between these deities
whoever obtains this apple is the fairest whoever consumes you will be the greatest war is the immortals' way to argue they saw your beauty but they never saw you
one bribed you to rule other nations another bribed you to be the warrior of your fictions then one bribed you with your weakness, your ambitions oh my land, you fell. let me ask you my greatest questions.
who are you?
have you forgotten your identity? why are you allowing yourself be defined by the words of these false deities why do you still call your oppressor a hero until when are you going to stay on this limbo
you are Thetis and Peleus not inviting Eris to avoid strife but you also are the golden apple causing the immortals seek for your life you are Paris being promised of your dreams but you also are Helen the most beautiful woman in the history of regimes
you are the war itself, oh my land your destiny resides on your hand you are every character of this myth of your own sword you are the smith
this was a final requirement for my world literature class, reflecting our country's (Philippines) experience in reference to the Trojan War. Literature means a whole lot more when we get to see how fiction shares a common experience of truth with things that happen in reality.