NMR ISSUE 36

An Urban Wicca
Artemis
Astrological Forecast 36
Daddy Long Legs, Stork & Swallow
Editorial 36
Esoteric Symbology of the Tarot
Eve of Persephone
Gematria
Guidance vs. Thou Shalt
Letters 36
Never Again the Burnings?
Pysanky Spring
The Magical Flute VIII:
Year of Vision

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Eve of Persephone

By Lady Cerridwen

On each and every day
In each and every way
A woman pays the price
Of patriarchal sacrifice
Programmed to believe
Her man will surely leave
If she fails to please
All his hungers to appease
Silent tears in silent nights
Tormented by unearthly frights
Crushed, torn, and tossed
Until her poor mind is lost
Another lone woman cries
Broken by so many lies
Unable to even trust
The heart beating in her bust
Silver ring, ring of shame
She took it when she lost her name
Deep blue sighs of mad despair
Bondmate in a world unfair
Whispered rumors closing black
She knows how, no way back
Trembling glitter, knife in hand
So ends the vile touch of man

—by Lady Cerridwen