Persephone Literary Magazine - Volume I - July 2024 - Dark Issue

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PERSEPHONE LITERARY MAGAZINE

02

FOUNDER’S POEM

Did I mean so little to you

that the minute the succubus

lured you to the warmth

in between her legs,

any memory of me resting in your arms

blurred at the touch of her lips?

Where is my titan

who vowed to slay the beasts

that built the stone wall between us?

Is he hypnotized

by the promise of the serpent?

Has he turned to dust within you -

leaving behind nothing but a shell?

If Aphrodite knew of the love

she birthed into my heart,

she willingly sentenced it

to Hades’ wrath

alongside your soul,

and left me to carry its rot

within my body.

I hear it scream to me now,

“There’s nothing left to save us.”

N D

E R

W O

R L D

Allyson Nichols, Founding Editor

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