Symphony of Persephone

Drinking red wine 
as a 
downward shift

A shift toward slowing 
down
to see, the softer side
of her

Things that go bump in the 
night, 
with sweet clattering sounds

but oft go unnoticed 
by 
the rushed mind of brutes 

Yes – it may look 
like a moss-covered
forest 
to you,
young lady

But in reality, you are 
walking  
in the quantum field 
of God

And you are yourself, 
no small 
nook

For you too, are part 
of that 
quantum field of love 

A good spring day, is all you
need
to find yourself 

Find that place in the woods,
where 
wines taste best

And begin to sample your 
own soul
with happy libation
under 
the wild branches of her loveliness 

And let yourself be enthralled 
and dismantled 
by the Spirit of the Wood 

Enthralled too, by Nature’s 
never-ending
spirit of wanderlust 

And let us throw ourselves 
complete
into the breach of Nature’s Glory  

Planting our seed with Persephone's 
blessing,
To outpace the slow measured rhythm 
of time 
and the long faltering shadows – that creep behind us

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Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Agustin Avatar
June 23, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
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