Echidna
A woman of great beauty
she was said to be,
but in her soul lie a black venom,
nothing at all like the world as ever seen.
sisters of three she had, but sister number one she envied very bad
with her perfect smile that turned heads,
the woman of great beauty pulled them out until sister number one bled
left her for dead she did,
keeping all the teeth in a chamber of blood and grid,
the woman of great beauty was sastisfied until sister two came in view,
with her beautiful brown locks blowing in the wind,
the woman of great beauty said " she can't have those locks for that is a sin",
she gave her tea to put her to bed,
and she ended up slitting her throat until her blood dried in the bed
In the chamber the brown locks went until she used them again while the days went
Then came sister three
with eyes as blue as the sea
the woman of great beauty had to have the eyes of sister number three
sister three sleeping peacefully under a weeping willow tree didn't suspect she would never be able to see
she opened her eyes but see couldn't see for they have been gulged out by the woman of great beauty
sister three screamed but to no avail while she was be sliced open from behind with no justice to prevail
the woman of great beauty used all three to become the ultimate prize,
but the venom inside her said otherwise
she made a potion using the teeth, hair, and eyes,
but found a monster staring back
her eyes were no longer blue but red as blood,
her brown locks turning into a murky black,
her perfect teeth turning into the sharpest fangs
she was no longer a woman of great beauty but a she- viper that made the world shake
she was the mother of monsters, the she-viper Echidna
one may turn heads if their beauty is great but wanting for more will lead you to no where
be true to yourself ,
look in the mirror ,
for you are of great beauty
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