Our similarities are superficial

Dido hovers over sword, overcome with grief -
though a Leader; loved by her people.
Twice loved by great, kind men.

Need always knew
he'd leave;
lovesick, neglected and raging - Need, not the gods.

She ended on a pyre,
foolishly melodramatic.

Enough, Dido.
Enough of the wronged queen!

I know
your situation sucks

But I will not confuse your story,
its pretty self-pity
its emotional O

With my own;
I refuse what is expected of grieving girls.

Aeneas?
Swell guy, emotionally unavailable, a daddy's boy.
Fooled himself quite a lot
Gave grieving boys the stoic excuse;
also tiresome to behold.

Myself,
I have my people to tend,
and future paths to take.

No thank you, Virgil, for your windswept vistas
and aggrandized, fucked up love.
Western civilization learned the wrong lesson.