Sovereign Female Wisdom by CrazedByCalliope, literature
Literature
Sovereign Female Wisdom
Weren't you once beautiful?
so beautiful
you rivaled the jealous on Mount Olympus
hair precious as gold
you served Athena
faithful priestess of wisdom
and purity
what's become of you?
a serpent
tainted by forbidden fruit
so afraid of reflections
fear you'll turn to stone?
cold as the men around you
or is fear something else?
yourself
staring back
through transparency
of glass
is it your fault
men made you this way?
they feared you
your strength
wisdom
their narrow minds
turned you monster
raped by man
of your intelligence
beauty
abused
betrayed by trust
won't you please
look past the glass
just once more
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