The Fates
Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos
By Harper LewisPublished 4 months ago • Updated 3 months ago • 1 min read
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She pulls you in with a seductive smile,
you drop your defenses, moving closer,
not noticing she’s spinning all the while,
and then you see another, standing stately and supreme,
too graceful for fidgety spinning,
she takes your measure as you pass between
the spinner and cutter, genesis and revelation,
shears poised, ready to sever your thread,
after your gospel is assessed.
About the Creator
Harper Lewis
I'm a weirdo nerd who’s extremely subversive. I like rocks, incense, and all kinds of witchy stuff. Intrusive rhyme bothers me.
I’m known as Dena Brown to the revenuers and pollsters.
MA English literature, College of Charleston
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Comments (4)
Tempted by the fates. How beguiling. Well done
Wow.
This is a skillful improvisation upon the fates that mingles Attic Greek myth and a subtle nod to Christian theology with dexterity. Well done!
Loved it. The thread of fate is such a widespread and fascinating myth.