The Bride of Juno

The month of June is associated with Juno, the Roman Goddess of marriage and fertility. People turned to her for blessings in marriages and childbirth. 

However...marriage can chain or bless. 

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Moonlight

June's life in lace.

Movement in still silence. 

In the mirror, a face borrowed. 

And veiled.

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Black brides. 

Their voices faint. 

"Save June. Save June." They call.

Soft, wilted roses of promise. 

Pale hands.

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Their stories.

Gold rings.

On chained hands.

The wedding gold glittered. 

Promises, now an iron lock-

Bolted. 

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So June

Pulls the gold ring.

Off her unchained finger. 

Slim, svelte finger,  now crooks. 

Then light. 

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Sunrise.

Darkness, then light.

Dawn undid the night's knots.

In the mirror, a single face. 

Of hope.

Unchained. 

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Original poem by Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin. AI tags are coincidental.

For Mikeydred's June prompt

Mirrors of the Mind by Michelle Liew is a collection of psychological and supernatural short stories that explore the quiet unease beneath ordinary moments. These are not tales of spectacle, but of subtle fracture — where memory distorts, silence speaks, and the self is not always singular. In these stories, what is unseen often carries the greatest weight, and what lingers is not what is shown, but what is felt.