When Persephone Was Taken (A Central Park Kidnapping)

She loved her mother's agricultural work-project,

The green-house garden that seemed to grow mighty against the urban landscape. 

And although her mother knew it made her feel like an insect,

She had let her daughter's feelings about it, in her mind, dissipate.

So, she left their small, downtown apartment,

And headed to her luscious, green oasis.

When she entered the central gates, she felt when her soul underwent,

Hiding inside her, trying to find its own safe haven replacement.

Confused, but not stopped, by the sensation, she went forward into the park,

But she shouldn’t have, she should have turned back and headed home.

Unknown to her she attracted the attention of a stranger, a shark,

So she continued to walk, glide, and stroll.

This stranger, this Eastman gang leader, kept watch of her,

Because he wanted her and he always got what he wanted .

He stayed back, watching, waiting for his turn,

And seemed to think of a future that, to him, didn’t seem daunted.

As she entered the private area of abundant foliage, 

She heard something following close behind her.

Then she felt the dosage,

And couldn’t go any further.