there she was, in all her
splendour beauty
captivating everyone with her smile
and killing everyone with just one look;

i stood there
patiently waiting
not wanting to make the first move
i watched in silence;

images of the past
meetings between us
flew through my mind,
memories of the last time;

i did not want to lose
this time around,
so held my ground
stubbornly;

countless hours and countless days,
it has taken me to come to this
final chapter of this game
that would decide my outcome;

a single failure does not bother me
but add them all together
my sanity becomes a debatable question
and whether i was right to keep going, looms large;

with such thoughts running in my mind,
i looked at her and our eyes met only a second,
and as i fell to the ground, alone,
i realized i have been beaten once again,
by this beautiful young lady
hell bent on wrecking my sleep;

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intial inspiration for this came while playing a mobile game called Hero of Sparta and then while watching the trailer of the upcoming God of War 3 game.
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Medusa is a well-known figure in Greek mythology who is perhaps most famous for her ability to turn men to stone.
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image taken from a photobucket album.
copyright of the image belongs to the original author/uploader.
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realizing my words can be
twisted and misunderstood
i set out to do something
new and something out of the way;

standing in the balcony,
watching the people scamper in
to the shopping mall,
i grew restless and tired;

twenty three days in june
the heat
and the cloudless sky,
summer sun shining brightly;

biting into the cold watermelon,
i stood watching the wave of human blobs
appearing and disappearing
like a firefly in the night sky;

as the clown with the big red nose
came near the kid with the icecream cone,
the giggles and smile
resonated through out the place;

seeking answers to questions,
gathering my thoughts,
i sat down to enjoy the cold watermelon
and concluded my research on life;

i have done the research,
here’s what i deduce,
it seems i have no inspiration,
yet, i find something from nothing,
and nothing is what i have done,;

on a sunny june afternoon,
the glass of cold watermelon juice
i had in my hand is now empty
and i slowly make my way back
and continue what i was doing – nothing;

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I expect nothing. I fear no one. I am free. – Nikos Kazantzakis

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say. – Ariel Durant

We are all born into the world with nothing. Everything we acquire after that is profit. – Sam Ewing

The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing. – Joseph Addison

I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is better. – Glenda Jackson