Vox Latina 2019-2020 Vox Latina Fall 2019 | Page 25

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 25