Medusa
She guards Underworld
snake haired, serpent tailed, woman
dread of mortal men
Reviled Medusa
she lacquers her nails dove gray
listens to the patter
Tears of the dead rain
Chrysalism hugs her tight
smile plays with fangs
One month more to go
pats impregnated belly
not sorry he turned
fell for tricks, looked back
sent his dead bride back to hell
found comfort in her
no second chances
one trie’s all Orpheus got
Surprised he got one
Hades going soft
influence of his woman
her pleas bought that chance
Gone now and ill spent
just a photo left to tell
of a light burned out
A life sparse lived
now gone to hell and punishment
all because he looked
He won’t leave without
can’t leave with, his chance’s blown
so he stays in hell
Fools around with guards
gets Medusa with his child
silly mortal man
She’d turn him to stone
before she’d let him escape
she guards Underworld.
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Awesome, Melinda! I am a mythology fan, too and this is perfect. I love all of this but listening to the patter of dead rain – wow!!
Thank you 🙂 the prompt prompted that. I needed context for using “Chrysalism” from the wordle and so, my brain came up with dead rain 🙂
You are welcome! I love your brain – just wanted you to know that 😀
thank you 🙂 Brain is happy that its efforts are being realized. The entity known as Melinda is not always kind to the Brain. The Brain is making me type this so it is on public record. 😉 lol!
Give you any word prompt and you’d turn it into something as whimsical as this. No wonder we always go on an adventure every time we chat. You got me thinking about crossing the continents and seas in a wicker basket carried by a million pigeons. Tell me whose fault that is now? 😀
Hey you suggested it 😉 I just ran with it per my nature 😉 thanks!
You’re welcome! You know it!
🙂 Yay!
Poor Medusa.. what a great poem! I love Greek Mythology. 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Wow, what a poem!
Thank you 🙂 I love wordles. I would never have thought of this if one of the words in the prompt wasn’t Medusa! 😀
Ah yes, gotta love Medusa 🙂 I used to do the wordle challenges all the time, they are fun–I’ve had to cut back on so much….
Oh I can understand how they could be time consuming 🙂
I used to do a LOT of challenges, worked like a dog–for this blog, I decided I couldn’t work that hard anymore 🙂
ah I can’t help working hard. I love blogging. I hope to make some kind of career out of it or because of it or due to something that grows out of it. I am open to anything as you can see 🙂
That’s great! I don’t have the energy I once had…
You still manage to write a lot of poems 🙂
Do my best 🙂
You do 🙂
🙂