<p>Two babies born from the same mother <br />in one egg near each other <br />her name marked in history, golden by gods <br />mine is filled with shadow and dust <br /><br />She's a prize to kings, a treat for many <br />Cities fall for a glimpse of her angelic face <br />I'm left in the shadows alone, <br />with bloody hands of a marriage I did not choose <br /><br />Was I not also a princess? <br />Why did you Sparta turn your back on me?<br />They say swans surrounded her at birth and blessed her <br />While I was left sobbing by the lake </p><p>Her name in the centuries is synonomized <br />with dangerous beauty and a woman innocent <br />while I'm the mischevious wife, who slept with a dagger <br />ready to strike against her husband <br /><br />Did anyone ask who I love?<br />Has her child ever been sacrificed? <br />Has her own son drag a knife across her neck and spit on her grave? </p><p>Her beauty is now yours to mourn, <br />Yours, young poets to admire, <br />My name is hidden by the light <br />And gods know that is for good.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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