The Medusa We All See

Medusa is a girl just like you and me,

Maybe with just a few more abnormalities.

She was ridiculed and teased just for having hair of unique green

Not the green of grass and not the green of pumpkin seeds,

Some say more like the green of a slithery snake

Peers would laugh at her curls of green 

But there was a beauty inside they couldn’t see

How did Medusa get these curls of green?

Her heart was broken by a boy 

Who treated her heart like it was a toy,

 despite how she might plead

Even so his attention toward her caused jealousy

Little did she know her suffering would make her enemies

How was she to know girls were so mean?

One girl in particular had only eyes for he 

So naturally she practically turned green with envy

When the boy kissed Medusa for all the world to see 

At, the girl herself, Athena’s party.

She schemed and plotted just for the 

Most perfect plan to push Medusa into agony

They poured green dye all over her head

They taunted her “Now you’ll be green for all the world to see -

just how much of a snake you can be.” 

And try as hard as she might Medusa’s hair refused to fade 

It refused to fade back to its normal shade. 

Medusa then began to see 

The beauty in her abnormalities 

She continued to wear her heart on her sleeve 

And to this day she continues to believe

Heartbreak can only make a stronger person out of you and me.