Dressed in the stola
Brought from agora
Tending to sacred flame
Vestal virgin is my name
30 years of servitude
The citizens filled with gratitude
Vesta protects the conglomerate of rome
Like gatekeeper your home
But loving is forbidden
For 30 years our loves hidden
When we marry its not our choice
The patriarchy uses it to add it to Senate's voice
We have no freedom only commands
Our condition no one quite understands
For love is sacred
By all we are venerated
But like others we have desire
Love,ambition,aspirations dire
What to do when Aphrodite couldn't control her lust
I am a woman in this misogynist society trussed
But dont worry my love
After death will charon our boats row
And it doesn't matter whether it's tartarus or elysian feild
To you my heart will always yeild
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the poems of Scarlett__shard
PoetryPoetry is breaking past the inhibitions that hold you down,celebrating what you like and staying true to yourself Brevity is soul of poetry and our life should be like that small but concise quality matters not the quantity
