




A Mother's Grief is what we know in the classic tale of Mother Demeter and her daughter Persephone's descent. Grief almost always returns its loss but in unexpected and unknown ways. We are not merely struck by grief, only to continue in a descending spiral. The point is to re-emerge and reform.
The role of Persephone is for you to inquire whether she is the victim of a predator or is at the mercy of destiny's way of forging a third (that is only and always something of the good) — you decide.
For instance, the story of Persephone shows how we can embrace nature's life-death-life cycles of the seasons. Without the endurance of autumn and winter, there is no initiation into the light and joy of a liberating spring and summer. The thing is, you would never choose to go into the darker recesses.
The power and success of a predator's sense rely on the vulnerabilities of naivety and powerlessness, where only a deception into the dark can render such initiation — from an innocent maiden to a Sovereign Queen, throned with maturity, power, and wisdom. Here we have the Queen of heaven and earth and Queen of death, who can only serve both if she can relate, now that she knows of the dark and the light.
Since loss and retrieval is constant, we can see their two sides. Life and death come hand in hand. By deep listening, we can awaken to our hidden sacred, unraveling the secret light within the story of ourselves and retrieving the mystery and magic of these mythical and metaphoric tales of death and rebirth.
How do you relate to my poem, A Mother's Grief? would love to hear your comments below.