Seasons

On Being Persephone...

It is hot as Hades
As I sit with my love
On a sweltering Texas afternoon.

Elsewhere winter has begun
But not here
In my Southern paradise.

I eat hatch green chiles
Washed down with the tempting fruit
Of a strawberry margarita.
It provides sweet relief from the heat.

I like it here.
I think I'll stay.


On Being Demeter...

I lie in the grass
Side by side
With my beautiful child,
Watching the clouds
Pushed through the sky
By warm Spring winds.

She whispers sweet nothings in my ear.
"I love you Mommy,
I'll never leave you, never."
I smile, but I know
He will come for her soon
And my heart will break.