Write a Poem About Beauty

The Invitation
In this pillar, you’ve explored how beauty has been distorted — made dangerous, shamed, or feared.
Now, Medusa invites you to reclaim it.

Your truth, your body, your voice — they are all forms of art.
And art heals what logic can’t.

Writing a poem is not about being a poet. It’s about giving language to the parts of you that have been silenced, hidden, or misunderstood.
This is your chance to redefine beauty — to write it from your own bones.

How to Begin

1. Set the scene.
   Light a candle or sit somewhere quiet. Call in Medusa’s presence — the serpentine current of truth, protection, and power.
   Take a few breaths and feel her energy move through your body.

2. Reflect.
   Ask yourself:

   • What has beauty meant to me?

   • When have I felt most beautiful — and was it because of how I looked, or how I felt?

   • Where have I dimmed my light or shrunk my posture to feel safe?

   • What would beauty be if it had nothing to do with perfection?

3. Write freely.
   Let words spill. Don’t censor them. They can be raw, angry, soft, longing — whatever wants to come through.
   Start with any of these prompts if you need a doorway in:

   • “Beauty used to mean…”

   • “My body remembers…”

   • “When I glow, I…”

   • “I am most alive when…”

   • “Medusa, show me the beauty in…”

4. Shape it.
   Once your words are on paper, read them aloud. Feel the vibration of your voice — the sound of truth returning to its source.
   You might shape the lines into a short poem or mantra. Something that feels like you.

The Three-Card Pull: The Mirror of Radiance

This spread is a conversation between you and the reflection the world sees.

1. What part of my beauty or power do I still fear?

2. What memory or belief keeps me from feeling safe to be seen?

3. How can I embody my radiance as sacred, not dangerous?

Lay the cards before a mirror or candle flame.
Let yourself gaze into the images and your reflection simultaneously.
Ask Medusa to help you see yourself as she does — fierce, beautiful, holy.

Example Opening Lines

“Beauty isn’t in the mirror — it’s in the breath I almost forgot to take.”
“I no longer fear the glow that softens my edges.”
“Every time I stand taller, I remember — I was never meant to hide.”

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Closing

When you finish, place your hand over your heart and whisper your poem to yourself, or into the candle flame.
Offer it as a declaration — a reclamation of your beauty as sacred, not dangerous.

Optional: You may want to place this poem on your altar, with a mirror or small piece of jewelry as a talisman — a reminder of your radiance reclaimed.

Ritual of Adornment

Adorn yourself with reverence.
Choose clothing, jewelry, or scent not to impress — but to express.
As you anoint yourself, say aloud:

“I am safe to be seen.”
“My beauty belongs to me.”
“My radiance is sacred.”

This ritual reprograms the body to associate visibility with safety.

Journal Prompts for Reflection

• What did I learn about beauty growing up?

• How have I equated attention with danger or control?

• When did I first decide it was safer to dim my light?

• What does beauty mean to me, beyond what I was taught?

• How can I redefine beauty as my natural frequency, not an external ideal?

Write freely. Let tears or laughter come. You are reclaiming lost language — the language of self-admiration without shame.

Embodying the True Beauty Codes

Beauty is not danger — it is divinity.
It is the way light expresses itself through your form, your laughter, your eyes, your energy.

When you begin to embody this, you no longer fear being seen — because you are seeing yourself fully.
This is the initiation Medusa offers: not to hide from beauty, but to reclaim it as holy power.

“My beauty is not a weapon; it is my prayer.”

Each Pillar is different and will bring up different emotions - none of them are wrong. Your initiation is ever evolving. It is always good to be supporting your body. Make sure you head back to Medusa’s main page to work with her for deeper body care in the Integration and Care section .