Persephone's
Mirror
for
Beryl
I am
that woman despised
by all other women
and most desired by men.
I am tormented
by
the hostile sex
that saturates me.
There are days and days
when I feel ugly,
and
no one likes me.
You say within
a golden goddess sleeps,
although I am forbidden to see
anything
but under ground.
Unfolding with Spring,
I yearn for whoever
can understand my pain.
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