Medusa's Gaze

An epyllion poem about a warrior who falls in love with Medusa

I was born a warrior under the twilight of the morning sky

where the sun bathe me in a majestic light as I reach for the yellow star high

above the world as time moves on, I set off for a new world, night

falls over me, but I fear no darkness for my sword shines like a light.

 

I reached an island with a vast forest, but a midst the trees was a maiden

with a beautiful white gown and snakes for her hair, standing in her Eden

I tried to approach to see her face, but she shies away whenever I'm close

and her snakes hiss, wanting me away, but I refuse, presenting her a rose.

 

The young maiden looks up at me and smiles and I noticed her eyes

were hidden by a veil that prevents her from seeing the world and the skies,

She tells me that her eyes turns all who gaze into it to stone, the queen

the of gorgons, Medusa, a fallen angel whose eyes will never be seen.

 

Ever since Olympia abandoned her, Medusa has found herself alone

in a world she does not understand where her eyes doom those to stone,

the gods of Olympus have punished her wanting love by ruining her hope

of ever finding love again, her heartache feels like she's fallen down a slope.

 

All I could do was listen to her tears hitting the stone she sits upon

while her snakes do their best to comfort her, night turning into dawn

and I want to look into her eyes without turning to stone, so I sacrifice sight

to stay with her always, to protect her from the gods, to be her only light.