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Persephone’s Daughter Part 3

I awoke to wonder and delight
Learning and exploring
Cerberus by my side
Every day I discovered more
Walking upon the Stygian shore

Hades.. No, father showed me his kingdom
Together we walked
I listened avidly as he talked

I watched as he helped
Poor souls come through
I understood their bewilderment
As I was still pretty new

He showed me his city
He called it Erebus
It was dark and gloomy
Covered in mist

He looked so sad
Upon his black throne
Day after day
Listening to them moan

Stern and unyielding
Judgements would be passed
By three frightening judges
Sending people on at last

Hades would comfort
He brought them ease
Words memorized
And along brought peace

Watching my parents
Sitting on their throne
Bewildered I felt
That I had never known

She so beautiful
With a piercing stare
Wiping minds of their grief
Upon her head
A violet wreath

Those in love were a special fare
She became joyful
And throw flowers in the air
Bright shining torches
would be carried with flair

She always looked over
And gave me a wink
As my father just looked around
And looked sort of bleak

But then they would whisper
And shake their head
First time I saw that
I admit, my stomach filled with lead

Then I beheld a wondrous sight
He tossed back his hair and grinned
In delight

My father stood up and laughed.
Laughed , with glee!
He pulled out something
and tossed it toward me

A cornucopia blew out of his hands
And a roar could be heard
Through out the upper lands

As the earth was prosperous
For the people above
My parents both looked at me
Eyes shining with love.

To be continued…

When i awoke
There was a man
Tall and dark, Majestic
He did stand

He leaned over
With something in his hand
” This will be painful child.
Do you understand?”

I huddled under the covers
And I shook my head
Was I only dreaming?
Or was I truly dead?

” persephone made this whole.
This is what was ,
your shattered soul.”

“While you we’re sleeping
She slaved away.
Stopping only to check
If you were okay.”

He then shoved that thing inside of me
Sights n sounds take over in glee
I try to struggle, I try to flee

As

Rendered flesh of agony wake
Tortured self I start to quake
Dreams together born anew
Shattered no longer
soul takes it Que.

Demons cry out
In wonderous glee.
As the whole of soul,
Come back to me.

Bitter pill taken
The candle starts away
No more tears to follow
The demons get their way

Grotesque agony mends the flesh
As renewed eyes open
i take a breath
Cradled in his ivory arm
He sings to me, he spins a yarn

I looked at him
He at me
As we stared
he jumped to his feet.

“Persephone !”
He screamed
As he stared at me

She raced in
His roar filled the sea
” Why do my own eyes
Look back at me?
How can this be”

The Cornu plays the panegyrics
The wreathe weights down the head
I lay there whole and shaking
My heart filled with dread

She looked at me and smiled
Dread fades away
I knew in that moment
All will be okay.

She turned to him and grabbed his hand
” my love, I didn’t know I was pregnant
When I left this land”

“Born in the sunlight
Amongst the grains of sand
She couldn’t return with me
So I left her in the land of man”

“I knew it crush you my love
So I never said a word
Knowing that our daughter
Was stuck in the land above.”

“But now we are together
The three of us at last.
Show her who we are my love
The past is in the past.”

Feeling dizzy,
it was all too much
Last thing I remember is him racing to me
Feeling his gentle touch

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