One Fatal Look

One look

And her beauty paralyses you

One look

And you drown in her eyes

One look 

And you stiffen like stone

The slithering sound invites you

To sneak just one peek 

To see the almond shaped saucers

Holding the poisonous beauty within...

 

Her eyes, they kill you

Turn you as cold as ice

Those divine and fragile eyes

You won't even realize...

Death will capture you 

Just one look...

Author's Note

This poem is inspired by the Greek myth of Medusa, which says that one look in her beautiful eyes paralyzed anyone into stone, even though her face was ugly.

Reviews

[Tai Ryens]

I thought I sensed a certain aspect of it that referred to Greek Mythology. I do like how you connect Medusa and death (or at least that's what I think it is).

[♥ Kinnixk]

In the first 3 stanzas I thought you were talking about looking into a vampire's eyes or something. But then I read on and then I was like, "Oh, it's about Medusa." Nice job and I love the color font :)

[Harley (arbiter)]

well i dont think its about medusa and you even said it was just inspired by her so thats ok. i liked it. kinda reminds me of "dragon lady" by Blue Oyster Cult its a good song but anyway awesome poem

[Rhea752]

i like the colored text because it connects you to the freezing look of death. is it about Medusa? or just Death? if Death then i like making Death female since Death is stereo typically male. Great job!! i really enjoyed this poem!! :)

[eglantine]

if this is about Medusa, you have got to include some kind of snake imagery--because I didn't see that at all. Not a fan of colored text, never have been. I like the ellipses

[Aehr]

done and done! :)