Persephone’s Embrace by Kendra Carriere

The frozen Earth rumbles and shakes, 

Wakes from its glacial slumber. 

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Between its stress and stirring appears a crack, 

As if to disencumber. 

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From the ground erupts a flaming angel, 

An icon of Holy Scripture. 

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Free at last from  

The forces who once gripped her. 

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The Earth welcomes her with arms uncrossed, 

Devoid of all demur. 

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Her presence did wake, 

Resulting in a stir 

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Of weeping willows,  

And waking robins, fluttering wings a blur, 

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A babbling brook, released from its static pose, 

A trickle of trout set forth, 

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The leaves of newborn flowers reach, 

As if to greet the virgin earth. 

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