The One Who Paid For Being In Love

- One by Outlines of Shades

Oh! we call her Medusa
the one who paid for being in love.
A beautiful priestess,
innocently living with an open heart.

Her hair were like
meadows flowing,
with the perfumed grace
of her fair soft skin
reflecting light from every edge.

On her lay the eyes of Poseidon
eyes as blue as the ocean
He was holdin' His holy trident
in His strength of manly grasp
"oh! lady so fair, so precious
if I can ever have a night with her."

She was as angelic as she could ever be
she didn't know about His secret crush
but then He came to visit more often.
His tough muscle hypnotised her heart
A man to depend, a sole to love
a trust to get beheld in His arms.

"Oh! my lady come to my arms
give into yourself, and spend a moonless night
oh! my lady, I will give you a life
my love I will give, spendin' one night."

"Oh! lord of supreme power
am jus a small priestess of towering Athena's temple
livin' the ages of bronze
will you protect me, will you love me?
Forever in your arms
will you behold?
Is there in that heart
do I have a place, a part?
Like you stay in here
forever and always
and you can never part."

"Yes my lady! Yes my love,
not a night but life would be together.
Hold my hand and move this way
show our trust, and let'me hold you today"

Oh! so lucky, a God had her loved
she was a priestess, she was so fair
an innocent heart paid for being in love
her angelic soul for once fell in love.

But what turned her into a monster,
it was a curse of a jealous heart.
"Let her beautiful hair turn to serpents
make her face so terrible to behold
that the mere sight of it
would turn onlookers to stone
I curse you! I curse you!
you are the refuge of my temple
Athena says you are filth
then how dare you tried to seek love.
now pay for your mistakes
now pay for being in love.
Leave now! leave now!
Leave my temple
where you brought the dirt."

"Oh! Poseidon save me from this curse
I love you, I made no mistake
tell mother I deserve your love"

"Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!
your appalling face deserves no love
You monster! seductive, sinful creature!
you would be abandoned in Erebus.
I leave you! I abandon you!
I turn my back on you!
you ain't deserve to be in love"

"No my lord don't leave me
I loved you, I trusted you
Please hold my hand now.
Oh! mother I served you so long
my childhood, my youth I laid
in your honor inside temple's door.
Please don't curse me,
I ain't done any wrong
No sin I made
Don't make me pay for my love.
Save me oh! mother, Save me oh! my lord,
Save me oh! god, Save me oh! god,
sob... sob... sob!"

Her wails were ignored
her whimper faded away
her name though still remembered
A monster called Medusa
one who paid for being in love.
Later killed by her lover's son
Perseus called her punishment well-done
A life ended, a sole dead in grave and betray
Oh! we call her Medusa
the one who paid for being in love.