The Rule of Persephone

By Gabby Bloyd

I am made of so much more

Than sunlight and daisies.

I am a beautiful maiden

Harboring lethality within;

A woman who envelops your earth

With warmth and greenery,

Only to steal it away each season

To remind you of your mortality.

I am the Bringer of Death – 

A title bestowed upon me with six ruby red seeds.

Crowned in iron and clad in flora,

I depict the grace and venom required of femininity.

I am a goddess, wrathful and mighty:

Untamable and as unbending as an oak.

Do not disrespect me, but bow down instead

And kiss the ground upon which you kneel.

Worship me as you worship this earth,

And watch as the ichor floods my veins.

By Gabby Bloyd