2If this were my World I'd welcome you to It
But I never chose this Fate; this dead end
That my entire life is turning out to be
I'm stuck in the middle of nowhere
With no Phoebus Apollo to guide me;
Just Melpomene to whisper in my ear
And Ares, Enyo, and Eris for company
Sometimes I don't recognize myself
Looking on the inside and out, I cannot find me
All I see in the mirror is a shell-
A shell disguising all that I hate the most
I still haven't met Aphrodite or Thalia
And Euphrosyne left me so long ago
Despair overwhelms my soul; fear clutches my heart
As the Erinyes unleash their torment on my mind
If this were my World I'd welcome you to It
But It's not mine, It owns me instead
~E. Speer