Medusa

Who is the villain?
Who is the monster?
Who is the beast?
Who
          is responsible?

“Medusa.”
They’ll tell you
“She is the wicked one!”
But I am not to blame.

I am not to blame
For Poseidon taking me
Into Athena’s holy temple
And tainting my body, her temple
 With his touch

He is the villain.
He is the monster.
He is the beast.
He
      is responsible.

I am not to blame
For my sister by choice Athena
Trying to ward off
Monstrous men
With her mutative curse

I am not the villain.
I am not the monster.
I am not the beast.
I
  am not responsible.

I am not to blame
For patriarchy, too afraid to punish power
Yet so scared of me, of my ability,
That they sent a demigod
For my slaughter.


They are the villains.
They are the monsters.
They are the beasts.
They
        are responsible.

I am not to blame
                                   For the crime,
                                                           For the curse,
                                                                                                                           
                                                                          For my death.
So, why was I blamed?

So, why was I
The one
Found at fault?

So, why was I
The one
So many deem evil?

So why was I
The one
Beheaded for the crime?

I am Medusa.
I am not the villain.
I am the victim.
I am not to blame.

Medusa,
                  Medusa
Snakes,
                 and stone-cold eyes
A victim,
                 In distress
Hear my cries.

Tell my story,
Tell it right.


Hear me.
Hear me.
Hear my story.