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Excerpt: Medusa, The Lost Daughter
From “The New Servant”
Beauty’s worth lies in the beholder’s pride
in it. A prize it is at its peak, but
spoiled it is after its beholder’s use.
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Excerpt: Medusa, The Lost Daughter
Excerpt from “Voiceless”
A king’s voice gets the king what he wants and what
a servant can afford to pay, whether
that be in gold or a live sacrifice.
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Excerpt: Medusa, The Lost Daughter
From “The Departure’s Promise”
What of material nature is more
precious and sacred than the touch of a
mother’s, father’s, or sisters’? These capture
more the mind and heart than the hand which holds
only the physical briefly.”
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Excerpt: Medusa, The Lost Daughter
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From “The Decree”
Revelations from secrets’ past blinds the
sight in the present, as the mind shifts the
blame to soothe the past for the present’s use.
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Excerpt: Medusa, The Lost Daughter
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From “The Eternal Sacrifice”
Truths presented cloaked in one’s omission
rarely remain hazy, but a puzzle
for the recipient to unlock, as
truth for the bearer recedes, clarity
in fragments will always surface in time.
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From “Love Story”
True love is felt not in the rush of warmth,
but in the coldness of sorrow, fear of
losing love, that empty heart no one wants.
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Excerpt: Medusa, The Lost Daughter
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From “A Mother’s Cry”
Power rests in those who give its wrath, not
in those who suffer and cower from it.
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From “The Gray Ones”
He who tries to circumvent his sentence
will still be guilty for the crimes committed
no matter his attempts to forget them.
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From “Athena’s Vengeance”
The best punishment is often the one that
allows the thief to steal the forbidden
and to think he is wise for it until he
is caught and the punishment is a surprise.
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