Labrynth

By Niyah Jacob

I paced up and down the never-ending corridors

The walls were bare, dry, cold.

I went from room to room, door to door,

and yet

I always ended up back where I started.

In a room surrounded by doors on all sides.

Heaving a sigh, I sank to the floor

I wiped away my tears.

If only they could see me now.

They called me a monster after all.

The gods had forsaken me.

They created me and cursed me with my temperament,

Only to punish me for my existence,

Which I am to while away in this crypt

Alone, and starving.

Master sends me food once in a while.

Some youths and some maids.

Master named me his.

Minos' Taurus. Minotaurus. Minotaur.

"Monster."

I look up to see a silhouette in the doorway.

"Who are you? How did you get here?"

"I've come to put an end to your misery. I was sent by your sister. I am Theseus."

Ariadne. After all these years.

He takes me by surprise as I sit there, dumbfounded by her betrayal.

My vision blurs, as I slowly bleed to my death.

I wonder if the god of the underworld is any kinder than the rest.

By Niyah Jacob