Cassandra, dear soul of returning flames

Oh Cassandra, your dreams were never eclipsed
never borrowed by the high courts as doctrine

Oh Cassandra, how you continued to see
truth-telling only to be transfigured into sex slavery
by gods your understood better than us
by gods your prophecies emitted from

Oh Cassandra, we forgive you
the days have come and gone again
like in your time – never believed by towns,
taverns, or oblique hearing guides

Oh Cassandra, please forgive us
they did not understand their reflections