On Mythology and Heroes, Part One Medusa, Monster Hideous Beyond Comprehension

On Mythology And Heroes, Part One
Medusa, monster hideous beyond comprehension
 
All is there within Medusa's abhorrent gaze
hiding in black-realms wherein monsters daily graze
beyond that abyss, the roaring of aching screams
from there impossible to see sun's golden beams
pathways, hideous corridors painted with blood
where dead love and dying dreams may forever flood!
 
Eternal night, chambers of horror and wicked glee
gripping fears that causing its victims to flee
deeper into tangles of that consuming maze
'til desperation stones heart, gifting pain's lost craze
all blades of dark in her evil vicious stare
depths of unmerciful cold-  of that icy stare!
 
Hopelessness, terrors searing into all within
casting stony shadows into hearts of lost men
warriors sent to slay that so cursed to monster be
set as solid stone as they look at her to see
Fate such victims into her monstrous abode cast
evil incarnate, beast that set men's souls aghast!
 
All is there within Medusa's abhorrent gaze
hiding in black-realms wherein monsters daily graze
beyond that abyss, the roaring of aching screams
from there impossible to see sun's golden beams
pathways, hideous corridors painted with blood
where dead love and dying dreams may forever flood!
 
Robert J. Lindley, Sept 9th , 2004
presented date- 5-08-2020
Rhyme, ( Part One Of )
(Medusa, monster hideous beyond comprehension)
Topic Greek Mythology and Its Magnificent Heroes.
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Date: 5/10/2020 12:21:00 AM
I love to write about mythology, but always in an ambiguous way, weaving it through my modern-day experience and emotion ... I wish I had the courage to take it head-on as YOU do, Robert, but I am not secure enough in my knowledge to do so, so I write precariously through these wonderful pieces! Keep up the great work!
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Robert Lindley
Date: 5/11/2020 9:36:00 PM
Thank you my friend. As midnight spoke this poet listened. The monsters in Greek mythology and the heroes brought to me in my childhood point to the truth of the dark that hides within this world as we oft walk blinded by our own ambitions and desires.
Date: 5/9/2020 11:33:00 AM
Deep and dark into that abyss you dove my friend. Well done as always. Look forward to the next edition...
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Robert Lindley
Date: 5/11/2020 9:33:00 PM
Thank you my friend. Dark poetry and my muse both have asked me to cast ink.
Date: 5/9/2020 1:38:00 AM
A very dramatic poem, my friend, with great imagery. As always, dark theatre at its finest. Fave.
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Robert Lindley
Date: 5/11/2020 9:32:00 PM
Thank you my friend. I have been in a dark writing mood as of late.
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