#CrossEra
Lilith,
I stumbled across
Your story today.
A passing merchant
Fancied himself a hero
In a moment of idiocy.
I have given up on trying to
Warn them.
I am
What they love to hate;
Something tells me
We have this in common
- Medusa.
~~~

Medusa,
Though you have heard of me,
I must confess
Your name is new to me.

I must disagree with your
Expressed sentiments.
We are not what they love to hate;
We are as they made us.
They turned us into these things.
If they then choose to hate what
They created,
Well, that is
Their load to bear.

(I hope I have not offended you
By insinuating you are a 'thing,'
My friend)
- Lilith
~~~

Lilith,
My, what a welcome surprise to
Receive your reply!

Do not fret about
The language use.
I may have once flinched
At being called a 'thing,'
But that time has long since passed.
I do not get the privilege of
Feeling like a human being
Anymore.
I feel the weight of the word
'Monster'
Resting on my shoulders
From the moment I wake up
To the moment I fall asleep.

I am still human in my dreams.

Some days, it feels like
That is all my humanity ever was -
A dream.

When I think back
To my life before THAT day,
I loathe the way in which
I took my existence for granted.

Oh how different the world
Looks when your life is worth nothing;
When your death is prophesied
And celebrated....