Mythology of ancient Greece
Created the Moirai
The Three Fates
Made to ensure that
The gods and mortals
Would live out their destiny
According to the laws of the Universe
Clotho the spinner
Lachesis the allotter
Atropos the unturnable
Working her well-oiled scissors
Snipping the thread
Separating souls from their
Life-long fate
Linnaeus, perhaps,
Father of binomial nomenclature
Designated the poisonous herb
Member of the Deadly Nightshade family
Belladonna
A warning that Atropa Belladonna
Is a deadly venom
But Samuel Hahnemann
Father of homeopathy
Believing like cures like
Saw past the dreaded name
Potentiating Belladonna
Into a miracle drug for some
So whether it is a migraine
Or vertigo
Or trigeminal neuralgia
I place 5 tiny pellets
Sublingually
And like magic
I am cured, restored
Hmmm…
A cousin of the tomato
Must eat more
Atropa Belladonna…
© 2023 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)
IMAGE: Atropa Belladonna
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