
What if the story
has been rewritten
to paint Medusa as a villain
if instead
she was a princess
a capricious fairy
or a goddess
What if man’s folly meant her end
an accident rebranded
as heroism
when Medusa prized her solitude
over noisy crowds and boasting
What if Medusa was a woman
without her snakes
and stony gaze
and myths were changed
to paint her with evil
so no one can know the truth – Caroline A. Slee