Pandora

[Ela]

Thanks for the explanation. Towards the end the language does convey it as something negative...

that i posses the power to evoke catastrophes and awaken long-dead gods
oblivion sits imprisoned behind my teeth
awaiting my pronunciation to set it free
each syllable would destroy your artful web of insincerity

I especially love the last line of this!
I think what confused me initially was this

this secret truth held tightly to my chest
will always be more powerful than the darkness

Describing the truth as more powerful than the darkness makes me think of it as something positive and I still don't fully understand it. Is "more powerful than the darkness" meant as something positive or negative (as in even worse than darkness)?

I have to say, I'm usually someone who prefers rhyming poetry, but I really enjoy reading this over and over again. For me, it paints pictures of ancient greece and reminds me of my latin and philosphy classes