#perseus
Shhh. Can you hear it?
People are cheering for my sacrifice
Well, okay, so be it
I absolve my parents of the upcoming filicide
Gods cursed me with my looks
They cursed my mother with sinful pride
Ignoring punishment for hubris described in books
She sentenced me to die
My youth won't save me
Gods won't be appeased by regret
It is, as it should be
The Fates have cut my thread
So, I'm going with my head held high
I give my life for that of my people
The sand has run out, the hour is nigh
I am not a goddess' equal
Jun 2, 2021
Jun 2, 2021 at 7:39 PM UTC
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
Jan 14, 2020
Jan 14, 2020 at 11:01 PM UTC
She carried his head low to the ground
A much more quiet triumph than he would have performed
If given the chance
For she is not a hero stroking her pride
Slaying beasts left and right to feed some bloated ego
She is only a naked woman
Fighting against the hate of the world
But to their eyes she will only ever be a monster
Apr 9, 2020
Apr 9, 2020 at 5:49 PM UTC
Avert your eyes
from looking directly
at the monster.
Look only through
that reflective shield,
that glowing rectangle
that parades a
distorted vision of
the objective self,
that which in
dark moments may
suddenly shut off,
revealing one’s face:
inverted, expressionless, petrified—
like when the
mirror of Perseus
at last revealed
Medusa’s horrifying visage.
Jan 17, 2017
Jan 17, 2017 at 3:19 AM UTC
Perseus,
Super,
Greek hero,
Trips,
Stubs big toe,
Cries,
Mummy!
Jun 14, 2014
Jun 14, 2014 at 4:42 PM UTC