Demeter’s Lament “A mother roves throughout the...

Demeter’s Lament

“A mother roves throughout the land,

Searching for her daughter.

The Earth laid waste, no plant at hand.

She mourns o’er earth and water

Where is the girl, both brave and strong,

Belonged to Sappho’s band;

Who loved to dance and swelled with song

On Lesbos’ golden sand?

The laughter left my graceful girl

Since matriarchy fell;

Seduced by Flowers to an underworld

She lives in man-made hell.

I put my ear close to the earth and hear the signing sound

Of her who’s tied to me by birth

Now captive underground.

But now I know where she is hid,

I’ll not delay one hour

Until from bonds my daughter’s rid

By our own women’s power!

This pomegranate that we share is like our common heart,

and fruit we ate in slavery’s snare

Shall not keep us apart!”

~ Chris Carol

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