Pandora

Pandora's box;

A melee within a small container

held the world's fate.

"Do not ever open this box because within it are evils beyond your imagination."

It was the first phenomenon of

Curiosity

Killed

The

Cat.

Out came monsters no one could think of defeating.

They weren't your typical Kraaken,

Or Medusa,

Or Chimera.

Pandora's box

held a far worse fate than being stuck

between Scylla and Charybdis.

How can one defeat the monster of despair?

How does one battle the agony of anxiety and insomnia

and envy

and hatred?

But in truth, curiosity has yet to kill the cat.

Tucked away beneath the debris of unfathomable horrors lay a glimmer of light called

hope.

"Maybe this time she will listen"

"Everything will eventually work out"

"They care about you and could never hurt you."

Hope whispers to you all these things

making you forget

that it, too,

belonged in Pandora's box.