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| Art by Nuit Moore |
from
the imprisonment of her violation
vipers
crowning the exile hiss
a
fury that can never
be
captured
devouring
her dementing well beyond
the
sanity of rage, banished
of
innocence, her revenge poised
to
strike; hunted becomes the hunter
clever
one's journey
seeking
renown, eager to vanquish
the
scorned woman that becomes the gorgon
withering
the bravest
it
will be the mirror, holding truth
to
their lie; the sword its servant
releasing
its prey from the sins
of
the fathers
ransomed
to their shame, she hears
the
wing-beats of the white
horse,
sprung from her spilt
vindication
draining away…
bearing her far beyond
vengeance
leaving
those who do not mourn
burning
to possess the purity
of
the Pegasus ascending
©Kerryn
Coombs-Valeontis, an excerpt from the upcoming girl god anthology, Re-visioning Medusa: from Monster to Divine Wisdom.
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