Persephone Undone

 Persephone Undone

Of the most unimaginable pain

that she saw in others,

she felt them more deeply.

Of the most tender of love

that she showed,

she cherished the ones

that tormented her soul.

For through all those

she sank to the depths of hell.

But she rose like foam

from the sea. Triumphantly!

She, then, relished

the bliss of heaven

while she remained unfazed

by the demons and shadows

that incessantly haunted her.

Emerging from Tartarus,

she carried her own Light.

This was the source, the entity

that paved her path.

For where there was darkness,

from its pit sprang

an aurora, a luminescence

a blinding brightness

that inundated the horrors.

No beast ever dared touch her!

Not even Hades, a god!

For though she had gentleness-

in her spirit and in her heart,

she learned to sharpen her spear,

and her aegis, she proceeded to glaze.