Hamartia

• Mia Pavlatos, Grade 11
• Poetry
• 2016

Unwelcome whispers,
Taunting and sharp.
Collected by her innocent soul.
Enticing the darkness within,
Devouring all hope.

Welcomed by a tyrannical hand,
Manipulated and deceived.
Her innocence consumed.
She hunts for solace,
Shunned as abject.

Pitiless humanity,
Merciless and savage.
Captivated into subservience.
The untouchable vault of her heart,
Cannot be shielded from the austere world.