Just Athena~A Poem

by Ninja Cat in the flesh >:)

AN: It's
BEEN
SO
LONG

But I was surfing the interwebs and I saw "Athena" written somewhere.
And because my brain makes SO much sense it said, "POETRY. NOW."

And then I wrote in about twenty mintues, posted it on Kidpub....

Which brings me to here.
PLEASE COMMENT~! :D

(to be honest I should be using this creative burst on Hatter's poem, but I break my own rules :D. KRTW IS TAKING OVER MY LIFE.)

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JUST ATHENA

I came into this world

Thrashing

Screaming

Raging

To get out

So don’t expect me

To be gentle

Or kind

Or loving

You never asked me

To be kind

It’s so easy

To hold the shield

And the sword

So much easier

Than holding something

Delicate

Like your heart

In my hands

I will fight for you

I will die for you

But never

Never ask me to love you

Because I will destroy you

Not on purpose

Of course

But with my hands like

Clubs

And my words like knives…

I can

I can tear you apart

I’m not sure

If the gods wanted me that way

But

That’s how it is

I’m not a wild beauty

I’m the wild beast

Not fit for something as

Refined as love or care…

Or you

I’m not supposed

To want

Anything

I’m not supposed

To feel pain

But sometimes I do

Don’t tell anyone

Okay?

Or I might have

To kill you

If I can’t touch it

If I can’t hold it

Then

How does it exist?

How does it make me hurt?

How does it stop me?

Because it does

And somehow

I know it’s killing me

From the inside out

So I’ll fight for you

And just like

I was born

I’ll die angrily

Thrashing

And screaming

To win a losing battle

As the armor falls away

And all that’s left

Is a girl

I hope you take this as a warning.

We’re all children

In adult armor

We’re all lovers

With everything to lose

And we’re all fighting

For something

You just don’t know it yet.

“Let me tell you the story of Athena.”

“Athena the warrior?”

“No…just Athena.”