Medusa

I was little
My dad called me
Medusa
I owned
Feral hair
Curls 
Snaking
Untamable
Fierce
Growing independent
In any direction
Like me
He said

He said it 
With pride
And I believed him
Why wouldn’t I
He was my dad
He knew everything

So I converted to
Independent
I pretended
Fierce
I grew 
Untamable

I became myth
Medusa
One who kills
One who dies
For the sake
Of all men
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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