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Fall Issue, 2019
POETRY CORNER
A Letter From Persephone To Demeter
By Irene Calderon
Mother, Here’s to the days you held me
To the feeling of the sun on my back;
Here’s to the smiles and the laughter still ringing in my ears
Now whispered echoes in an unceasing void
Here’s to our song, and our singing
To our voices sailing across the sky
Powerful enough to break the stars
But not so much as to bind my soul
Here’s to every happy memory
Every sad one, and angry one too
Not because of the pain they caused
But because each one features you
Here’s to every fight we’ve had
To the times I threw myself into your arms;
Here’s to the I hate you's gone wasted
All the I love you's hastily said
I know that I will somehow find you
As you have been finding me all these years;
Even if it isn’t in the way we desire
I’ll find you, and I’ll see you again
Mother, if you’re somehow reading this
If Hades didn’t break my dying heart, and gave this
Mother, know that I’m with you forever
Know that I can still feel your light
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