Tag: greek mythology
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[justice in her bones]
i was soft once.sacred, even.they never talk about that.only the partwhere i turned to stone. no one askswhat it does to a bodyto be touched without asking—then cursedfor being touched at all. they said it was punishment.but it felt like aftermath.like the gods didn’t knowwhat else to do with me,so they made me dangerousand called…
amelia james poetry
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[the girl with snakes in her hair]
they called me a monsterbefore they ever called me a girl. before the breaking.before the silence turned sharp.before survival made a weapon out of me. they saw the curseand never askedwhere it came from. no one caredthat i was beautiful once.or soft.or sacred. they only caredwhen i stopped being easy to touch. so i stopped…
amelia james poetry
Amelia James Poetry 