persephone
They do not tell you
How she danced on bones
Laughing, smiling
A grin of a madman
They do not tell you
That the red staining her mouth
Wasn’t just pomegranate
They do not tell you
How her eyes shimmered
Onyx in the light
Unnerving the king, himself
They do not tell you
How he bowed before her
So enamored with her unnatural glow
They do not tell you
Between the pale, gloomy descriptions of the underworld
How she was the opposite
And yet embodied justice to her core
They do not tell you
Of her loose layers
Falling to the floor
His eyes widening
As her cautiously approached
They do not tell you
How she wanted for nothing
She did not take.