Persephone No More

I wrote this for my now-wife, about 2 weeks after we had met.

Throughout your life you have seen

In your soul's mirror

The image of Persephone within yourself

Sexuality repressed, passion stilled

Continuously have you traveled between

Such mixed emotions

Experiencing none fully

Fleeting and surreal

Searching for your true self

In seas of both happiness and sadness

Repeating and replete

With no destination in sight

Only the endless journey

With no one to share

Until our journeys met

So unlikely, so fated

Duality alone, together we are one

Love now fully known

In the face of the deepest despair

We are so much more than ourselves

To break the cycles

Of our lives before

To grow without bound

To know without doubt

To love without limit.

Reviews

[Persephone]

Wonderful poem! So many of us women relate to the story of Persephone(I certainly do if you couldn't tell! ha). Sincerely though, you have captured it in this poem, good job :)

[Dean Kuch®]

'"...To grow without bound

To know without doubt

To love without limit...." No wonder she wound up marrying you. This was lovely...

[astronaut]

I really like this poem. It has a lot of emotions and the images are vivid, and the Greek Persephone myth is grand in that it is inspired here. Good job and keep writing. :)

[Kent Smotherman]

Thanks for the kind words. Persephone is someone my wife has long identified with, she was the inspiration. :)