Never did you need a hero - the champion rest innate within. 
Slaughtering disruptive fears - the lionhearted butcher overcomes.
Suffocated by the statute - the breath into a personal edict.
Constant thwarting of dead ends - the shattered self becomes assembled.

In the Tuileries Gardens in Paris, France I was captured by this statue of Theseus and the Minotaur. I have always had a great fascination with mythology stemmed from early exposure to stories like Hercules and Homer. Even more engrossed with oddities; what is more odd than seeing a half animal, half human hybrid. The irony depicting not only an animal-human hybrid but Theseus himself also a hybrid or more defined as a demigod. 
Theseus' story has origins in Greek Mythology. This demigod, fathered by the god Poseidon and mothered by a human Aethra, was triumphant in ridding the city of Marathon of its ravenous Minotaur. The parallels of Theseus' story are applicable to finding internal strength, shadowing the demons of our mind, and discovering our true selves in the face of atrocities. 
Often cycling through highs and lows, I was at a point where I needed a reminder of who I was and also still to become. I was in search of my internal strength and trying to wrestle with my head. I'd pick myself up and then knock myself back again.  Every time, when I was finally tired enough, a switch in my head occurred. Only this time the flip happened after reading the story of Theseus. 
The paradoxical nature of Greek Mythology is that it should provoke some kind response empathetic to the human condition. In this example the Minotaur representing the chaotic, barbaric, and raw feelings of human emotions being upstaged by Theseus. Theseus representing the coping mechanism that we all must develop to behead the Minotaur and become the victor. On my way back up my mental ladder a lazy version of this poem emerged before polishing it into the version you read. 
I'll leave you with this last thought, perhaps this story and poem applies beyond that of mental circumstances. Rhetorically, what say of government bodies and political upheaval. On this month in American history we celebrate Pride Month, the overturn of Roe v. Wade, and soaring fuel prices marred by international wars. We must collectively embody Theseus to overcome the Minotaurs of society.