From “Thunderstorm”
A beauty you dare not touch,
like the question that goes
unanswered between us
as the lines on the highway
and roadside weeds blur
with the rains that fall
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Excerpt: Medusa – The Lost Daughter
From “The Birth of the Gorgon”
For every monster, a hero is born
to end its tyranny, and to bring forth
its demise. Medusa saw hers born in
a flash of lightning in the sky, as she
was cast down from Athena’s eyes to the
scorching desert of Sarpedon
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Excerpt: Medusa – The Lost Daughter
From “The Final Curse”
Fate comes with a warning to those who can
see its signs, embracing it without fear.
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Excerpt: Medusa – The Lost Daughter
From “Athena’s War”
Justice is not always reserved for those
who deserve it, but for those who will be
protected by those who will provide it.
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Excerpt – Medusa – The Lost Daughter
From “The Prophecy”
Like the sun retreats in the west each night,
and as sure as the day will draw to an
end each evening, a mortal’s life hastens
to end in an uncertain amount of
hours, days and years.
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Excerpt: Medusa – The Lost Daughter
From “The Last One”
One should be leery of the guest who comes
unannounced, for such guests rarely come
by accident, but by a careful plan.
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Excerpt – Medusa – The Lost Daughter
From “Origins”
Order is kept when all powers agree
on who holds power and who serves under
such power.
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Excerpt: Medusa – The Lost Daughter
From “Bad Dream”
Some say a mother’s touch is forever
and a child knows her mother from her first
breath. Should a child be stripped of her mother,
the damage the child feels is forever,
a part of the child that will never heal.
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Excerpt: Medusa- The Lost Daughter
From “The Loyal Wife”
Often, the greatest sacrifice is made
when one has nothing else to give, and has
no recourse, but to give up everything.
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Excerpt: Medusa: The Lost Daughter
From “Dapania”
True forgiveness takes time to earn as the
mind needs to forget the freshness of the
crime. The offense needs to wither away
before the heart is allowed to remember the
time before it was wronged
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