bridal offering
a proud father marches her
into the sunset
blood of a virgin
untouched
by a father’s love
first blood washing her father’s feet
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cassandra wept – the last drop
would be her own
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medusa’s beauty
masked by lies and jealousy
blinded all who looked
silk and poisoned words
robbed a hero of his sense
such triumph in death
her spirit soared free
took wing and cantered aloft
the stars adore her