A Brilliant Beauty
By: badgirl1990
Author's Summary: A poem about who Princess Cassandra of Troy is and her being a brilliant beauty.
Disclaimer: I do not own Greek Mythology. I ended up doing a poem which is one of the first times that I have done poetry. Enjoy the story and feel free to give me constructive criticism and positive reviews, but no flames. If I get one I will delete it as soon as I see it. Thanks!
A brilliant beauty is she.
Brown curls the color of chestnuts cascades down her back,
Brown eyes as dark as chocolate that captivate a person to her,
China nose, dainty mouth, even white teeth, full lips as red and soft as rose petals,
Skin gleaming such as hers as smooth and soft and white as ivory,
And the voice as sweet as a nightingale sounds
Beautiful like snow in the dark, she was blessed with beauty, intelligence, charm, and desirability.
Called the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba and the twin sister of Helenus,
Princess Cassandra of Troy was able to see the future and be correct in her predictions, but the elegant
Trojan princess was cursed never to be believed by anyone for all eternity by the sun god Apollo.
She does not let in her curse get in the way of her sharing her foresights with others.
Cassandra ends up seeing visions full of blood, crying, death, extreme hunger, fire, grief, and illness.
Her friendly and gentle ways make her speak of her predictions to other people around her and she tries
To get people to believe in her predictions when she sees one of them, but her efforts to do so are futile as
People will never listen to her for she rarely speaks of nothing other than terrible things to come.
Her pleas fall on death ears when she begs to be heard by anyone.
The Trojans fully see her as a liar and a madwoman.
They give her the nickname of "The Mad Princess."
How they mock, name call, and pity her in her supposed madness,
But it is Cassandra who cries for them and declares that she only seeks to save her Trojan people by
Sharing her prophecies with them of both bad and good things to come and they are the ones who
Should be pitied for their failures to heed her prophetic warnings will lead to their own downfalls.
So Cassandra seeks solace in her dedication to the gods and tends to her duties as a priestess of Apollo.
She spends as much time as she can with her family for she knows her time with them and time
For Troy runs short as her beloved family and her cherished home will soon come to an end.
Though the Trojan people see her as mad they are drawn to their Trojan princess's brown eyes
That are so beautiful, so brilliant, so courageous, so determined, so full of fire, and so strong
And that seem to search through the soul of every person who locks eyes with her with the raw
Innocence that men covet. The hardness and the knowing look in those eyes haunt the Trojan
People for it seems that she knew far more than she should and had seen more than she should.
The sad and tragic prophetess wishes for anyone to believe in her predictions and come to ease
The loneliness she feels for she is an outcast among the Trojan people and outcasts are always
Alone.