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In Defense of Pandora

April 8, 2025
By Theo032416 BRONZE, Wilmington, Delaware
Theo032416 BRONZE, Wilmington, Delaware
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Oh, wonderful girl of ichor and clay

Daughter of angry gods and holy ground

Curious wanderings led her astray

The queen of all evils, she bears her crown

 

Her hands on the lid of a jar of sin,

Mind begging for a tiny peek inside

To open the cap with the slightest spin

Pandora tried to resist it, she tried

 

But she opened the lid, set forth a wave

Of disease and death, of sorrow and hate

The killer of a world she could not save

It was just a peek, but it sealed our fate

 

But blaming her makes me a hypocrite

Lurking behind closed doors, I watch and spy

I've felt her need to know, I ache with it

The lid beneath my palm begs me to pry

 

Me and my twin, the girl of dirt and star

Eternally doomed to open the jar


The author's comments:

i'm currently a junior, but I've been writing since before I can remember. When I was around eight years old, I realized that writing could be a job and since then it's all I've wanted to do. My writing, especially my poetry focuses on people who don't feel fully connected to their own humanity since that's how I felt growing up as a trans autistic person.


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