Self-Defeat
Inside your mazes
lost thoughts made
you stoop to loom as Minotaur
forgetting you were Theseus
a mythic king
adventurer
then Ariadne earlier
unraveling escape from pain
and long before that
Daedalus
grand architect of labyrinths
confusing lucid passages
until your dreams could drift away
on wings too frail to fly so high.
Self-Defeat © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
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14 lines. Inward Enemy brevity challenge prompt - link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2779276-The-Amazing-Inward-Enemy
Inspired by mythology.
Links to more information on the mythological characters of Theseus, the Minotaur, Ariadne, Daedalus, as well as the Labyrinth:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theseus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minotaur
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariadne
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daedalus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth
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Submitted: June 2, 2021