The Spring Tears of Demeter

Demeter has wept and suffered even in this

Great southern land as leaf of autumn fell

And winter chilled hearts, hearth and home

But now the mother’s joy begins again

The Flowers sing as reunion pends

Persephone returns from deep below

Life, sun, and day blossom and grow

Spring washes away the cold sad gloom

Life calls out, birds sing and dance in the light

Beware, down under, the piping shrike blight!

The air’s breath warm thaws all below

This ideal heat without the burning glow

Before the southern summer flames unleash

See there, the wattle blooms bright like blood

Veins of life flow again, running through creation

Bees buzz and work, creating sweet gold nectar

The dawn seems brighter, night safer for a time

Demeter’s tears flow once more, not in sorrow but joy