Friday, February 08, 2008
Medusa, poem by Ivan Granger
(image from www.poetry-chaikhana.com)
Medusa
Ivan M. Granger
Medusa says -
I was wisdom
once,
black as night.
Now they call me:
monster,
gorgon,
hideous-faced.
So I hide
behind this hissing curtain
of hair.
Lost
little ones,
breathe easy;
you are free
to not see.
But
what is a lonely
old lady to do?
I still wait
for some daughter,
some son,
so wounded by the world,
to seize these snakes
and part my locks wide.
I still wait
for some bold, tired
wild child of mine,
determined to die
seeing what's reflected
in my unblinking eye.
copyright Ivan Granger)
(Ivan Granger created and administers www.poetry-chaikhana.com ,the valuable site for sacred poetry of all ages.)
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