This pantheon so potent
Greek mythology deeply resonant
Demeter and Zeus begat Persephone
Divine cycles of patriarchy and resistance
Hades god of the underworld
He claimed Persephone as his bride
Zeus sanctioned this forced marriage
The earth opened taking Persephone inside
Demeter goddess of the harvest
Overcome by grief and rage
She decimated the crops of the earth
This cataclysm for pillars of faith
Persephone bartered by patriarchy
She claimed agency in crafting destiny
Persephone became goddess of Spring
Spending six months above and six with Hades
This mythology explains our seasons
Exploring patriarchy and its antidote
Persephone queen of the underworld
But also revered for blessing new growth
The torrid waters of divinity flow
Good and evil are interwoven
This myth a cycle of the goddess
Seeds for a rich harvest of imagination
art by @miboso on X
–BYPO PHOENIX c)2025
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