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# Looking Back
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/looking-back/
- Published: 2021-11-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-11-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: they had a thing against you looking back the ancients and their myths are quite persistent the messaging is shockingly consistent Lot and his wife were fleeing an attack and Orpheus was rescuing a lover two tales cul...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

they had a thing against you looking back  
the ancients and their myths are quite persistent  
the messaging is shockingly consistent  
Lot and his wife were fleeing an attack  
and Orpheus was rescuing a lover  
two tales cultures apart, but you discover  
a common theme against this very act  
a subtly written rule, a secret pact  
do not look back, and you can have it all  
as long as you maintain that protocol  
the gods demand obedience with this threat  
and warn about the danger of regret

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**Author notes:** https://allpoetry.com/contest/2793708-Orpheus-x-Eurydice