For I Am Just A Woman

by Esperanza Fuega

A nice little ficlet I wrote. It's from Artemis' view. Yes, I know she was Immortal, but she still had the same problems as {most} mortal women did.

{a/n- A fun little poem to write, it kinda hints at the belief that Artemis might have been from the cities beyond the sea, Lyonesse, Atlantis, Ys, read the Mists of Avalon or some legends to find out what I'm talking about}

I am Artemis
Known to you as the Huntress
Yet know this:
I am a woman cursed

You say I have it all
You think I'm beautiful
To me I'm just myself
Too skinny, too gawky, too tall

I look upon your faces
The hunters and the lovers
I ride at night through secret places
Casting silver torch for night time revels
Helping you back after Love's tender spells

I walk alone through the ages
Different people, different cages

Still the Huntress, still the Moon
Still the silver maiden, sister of the Sun

But I'll never find my love, I'll never find the One

Lyonesse is behind me now

The city beyond the sea
I couldn't stop it then
Zeus took it from me

Priestess I might be
But no Wise Woman of Destiny
For I am just a maiden

Wishing for love to come to me

Lift my silver bow, call to me my family
Swing the tides upon the leash

Come to me, go from me

Swallow boats upon the sea

I am charged with destiny
Beyond Mortality

Atlantis may be buried yonder

But I shall be there before much longer

Immortality is my curse to bear upon thee

Before much longer the waves will crush upon sand and slime

Swing the tides, count the time

Until Ys has her revenge upon me

I am just a woman
Artemis of the Moon

Unlucky am I

But unluckier is my doom
For I shall not go quietly

I am a woman

Cherishing it not at all

This is my lament

That I should breathe at all

{a/n- Weird and rambling, but fun. Read and review if you like it. *hopes you'll read it and review it*}