Medea's Wrath

An eye for an eye leaves the world blind they say

What good are eyes 

When one is so easily blinded by love 

Then rage

These eyes that once looked upon you with so much adoration now long for the day the fire in your eyes flicker out 

They say that hate is the opposite of love 

If only they knew that love and hate sleep in the same bed 

That you could love someone with every 

Breath 

Every tear ever shed 

Every fiber of your being 

And hate them just as passionately 

My heart burned with a love like no other 

for none but you 

a deathless flame 

And when your eyes wandered and set themselves upon new conquests 

And you made your home 

In another woman’s arms 

That flame consumed me 

Sinister flames of rage engulfed my being 

Coursed through my veins like blood 

burned away love till only rage remained

A mortal woman could never withstand this flame:

Her once pretty face 

Turns pale 

Her mouth 

Twists and foams

Her lithe , slender frame 

Writhes in pain as her skin melts from her bones like tender meat 

She too, will be consumed by this flame 

Reduced to soot 

What was she to a goddess ? 

Let this forever be a lesson 

To future generations of men who step outside their marriage beds and indulge in the deadliest of sins 

For any man who dares to betray his wife’s love 

Be fair warned 

Hell hath no fury 

Like a woman scorned