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Persephone's Garden

April 29, 2015
By Literature_Darling GOLD, Warrenton, Virginia
Literature_Darling GOLD, Warrenton, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
"To live is the rarest thing of all. Most people exsist and that is all." ~Oscar Wilde
"I am a writer quite by accident, the way one my fall and rip a hole in their jeans." ~Blogger H. B. Sachs


There is no sunlight here,
Only mirrors hung low from the dirt ceiling,
Twisting fractals of firelight from the depths
Into warm rays which try and mimic
The light of spring.
But reflections and reproductions
Cannot a garden grow.
The thorns that waste the rich earth
And tangle about my ankles,
Are the only fruits of my labor.
A reminder of my invisible shackles.

His tree mocks me--His success at growth.
Life in a land of death, how enticing.
But I have learned my lesson, no curse is worth a bit of fruit.
This curse of seed and loss has taken everything from me,
Even my gardens.
No. There are no curses here--only punishment.
No sunlight--only mirrors.
 


The author's comments:

A Response to Rita Dove's "Demeter's Prayer to Hades" 


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