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Medusa MAG
In a realm of gods and monsters,
A tragic tale unfolds,
Of fair maiden turned foul creature,
A curse that could not be controlled
Her beauty rivaled that of gods,
Which no one could deny,
For which she suffered the gaze of
Poseidon’s lustful eye
Powerless against his desires,
Blamed for the sea god’s sin,
Medusa bore Athena’s wrath,
Cursed for his violation
Now banished from the realm of man,
In solitude she roamed
A lost soul longing for a home
In a world she bemoaned
Her once luscious tresses now snakes,
An end to peaceful days,
Her once lovely blue eyes cursed with
A petrifying gaze
Strangers and lovers turned to stone
In a heart-wrenching maze
Her wide-eyed innocence stolen
By fate’s unyielding blaze
Perseus, hailed as a hero
After she had been slain
He held her head like a trophy
Forged from a woman’s pain
Oh, Medusa, how your tears fall,
silent streams of sorrow
Your cries of agony unheard
From dusk ‘till the morrow
Did they wonder about the heart
Behind the viper’s hiss?
Did they ever feel guilty of
The pain they would dismiss?
Was it lonely on that island,
Forced into solitude?
Afraid of your own reflection,
Your mood always subdued?
Cursed and punished for your beauty,
Slain for your lack thereof,
The villain in your own story
Yet capable of love
So tell me about Medusa,
Let the stories unfurl
They screamed and called her a monster,
But she was just a girl
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