Sunday, December 10, 2017

Laodamia


Her husband was slain
Hector of Troy his killer
She was beyond sorrow
And grieved for days on end
After prayer she chose a path
Building a bronze likeness of her man
She became devoted to his memory
When others intervened to stop her
From holding him up as her god
She joined the bronze statue
Upon the pyre
Rather than live
For now she had no desire
To exist without him in her life