Hades

Lilly told me I'd had fun, it's a party, hun! she said.

She dressed me up, head to toe in

glitter glistening brighter than

the sun.

Uncertainly, I followed her as she pushed her way

through the crowd. I felt like a

prisoner and she was death -

leading me to the depths of hell.

Maybe that was what it was.

Bodies pressing, writhing, rubbing,

I could smell their sweat on me

and tried to hold my breath.

The need to breathe won out.

She lead me to Hades, ruler of the Underworld,

prince of death.

His black eyes glistened, like the

glitter on my body and his lips

curled.

"Who is this?" his voice asked,

detached from the rest of them.

I knew by looking at his stern

nose that he already knew

yet I answered him.

"Nobody," I bowed my head.

Even with my eyes closed,

I could feel his smirk.

Lilly laughed, something else

that glittered.

No, you're not, she giggled.

Tell him.

I stayed mute, listening to the

laughter in his eyes.

When I said nothing,

Lilly smiled

and opened her lips wide

to proclaim:

Here is the sun you've been

searching for, Hades,

don't you remember?

You wanted light

for your dark chambers.

"Ah," his voice prompted my eyes

to open once again and when

they looked up,

they realized that his eyes

had never left my face.

I blinked and averted my gaze.

The darkness was blinding.

Seconds, or perhaps hours,

faded into nothing

and I felt a hand on me,

clawed fingers, ice cold touch.

I looked down and almost

checked to see if his feet

were cloven, but Hades

was wearing shoes.

"Come with me," his voice

was silky like water

and my legs felt wobbly

because I never learned

to swim.

That night he took me to his

chambers and showed

me what a party was

really like.

Music thumping, hips grinding,

lips parting, panting, prying,

teeth clashing, teeth gnawing,

pain, pain, euphoria.

His hands left burning marks upon

my skin and I felt branded forever.

But then his lips followed and made it better.

His tongue was forked and thin,

like a snake but longer,

it flickered in my mouth and slipped down my throat,

all the way until it grabbed my heart and squeezed.

He told me that he'd never

had the sun and wondered what

it'd feel like.

He said I felt like flowers.

And then there was no more talking as our

mouths fused into one

and he took me like he owned me

except

maybe more.

The glitter on my dress, on my skin,

in my hair,

rained all over the room, casting

sparkles among the shadows

and when I stared over his shoulders

as he thrusted and thrusted and thrusted,

I saw the glitters on the ceiling

and thought about the stars.

He whispered about oblivion

and I wondered if

maybe

that was what he meant.

And then I said

I love you

like they did in the movies

and he threw his head back

and laughed as if it were

the funniest thing he had ever heard.

We laughed together at the absurdity.

When it was all over

he said that he had fun.

I remembered Lilly's words

It's a party, hun.

And then I left the darkness

and the glitters in his room,

back to the sweaty piles of bodies

writhing to the beat

and out the doors

to the coolness of the night.

Alone in my room,

I thought about it.

About hell and Hades and parties

and I love yous and glitters in oblivion.

I thought that maybe…

I would do it again tomorrow.

And fell asleep with a withered smile upon my lips.

Reviews

[Holly]

This was unbelievable. I wasnt sure wether I was supposed to be frightened or laugh. I was reading it intently and came to the line 'Hades was wearing shoes' it made me laugh and I had to stop for a second before I could read it again =) Brilliant.
There seem to be many different levels to this poem, and a much deeper meaning than what it simply says but it was so good that I don't even need to think about those to give it a 10/10. THe imagery was wonderful and you wove a story into your poem, Loved it.