Danae
One night I slept
In my bronze tower
My father insane
Keeping me from the world
A shower of gold fell
Between my legs
Giving pleasure
And I loved it
How was I to know
It was Zeus?
What could I do?
I was fertile
A mother-to-be
Unexpected
Father was furious
I gave birth
Cast out to sea
Inside
A wooden sarcophagus
Abandoned
But the great god Poseidon
Kept the sea calm
Until we washed up
On the shores of Seriphos
Dictys cared for us
Perseus grew up
Killing Medusa
Rescuing Andromeda
Then he went
To the games at Larissa
Killing my father
With his errant javelin
Dad got what he deserved