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Medusa the Misinterpreted


Mainstream media loves to make mockery

Of those who are different.

Medusa makes the cut in our modern day society

as a head of snakes earns her the popular nickname used by 

many milenials of the 21st century.

Snake.

Medusa mesmorizes many with her makeshift head of snakes

Making most turn their heads, mortified by the makeup of her upper half.

Hiss.

Made fun of in school and mocked to no end, this misinterpretted monster sees the good in all.

Each viper is meant for monitoring human behavior, recognizing the traits that make up man.

Kindness 

Honesty

Integrity

Gratitude 

Self Control

All of which are lacking is most humans.

Medusa stands out from human kind in all ways 

Her outer shell of unique differences puts her at the center of modern day social spectrums.

Exceptance is craved by everyone, except she.

Medusa is the modern day symbol for beauty, yet most have forgotten what beauty is to actually be. 

As society shifts and shapes, the idea is lost among the media.

Many will continue to turn a blind eye at the beauty Medusa exerts.

If looks could kill, they would not. 

Looks can not kill, as they are rarely given the chance to truly live.

Generations will keep slithering through the sugar coated reality that is society

Because nobody wants to admit that there is a little bit of Medusa in all of us. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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