Daughter of Demeter and Hades’ bride
To a winter wearied world, you bring spring
By snow and ice have our spirits been tried;
We greet your sunny return, rejoicing!
The Underworld cannot hold your beauty
Nor keep forever the treasure you are
Thawing winter is your sacred duty
No indignity can your glory mar
Abducted and violated were you
By the saturnine sovereign of shadows;
A lesser being would ignore her cue
And nurse with resentment her many blows
Taken, you give with blooming abundance
Glad and green is your restorative dance!
About the Creator
D. J. Reddall
I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.
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