Persephone

Persephone speaks:

The underworld is my temple; it is my sensual, tactile engagement
with all that is above and below, without and within; the sanctuary of
my impassioned meeting with the depths of my lover’s embraces.

I understand the complexities of wild cravings, the decisions made
from passionate abandon. I am no one’s victim or concubine.

I am sovereign, clear, the one who chose to eat those pomegranate
seeds. Do not underestimate the fierce power of a maiden’s desires.

I wished to become queen of the underworld, the vessel between the
realms, ascending the stairway between light and dark, the only place
I am unaccompanied.

I own the depths of my existence—
can you say the same for yourself?

Melissa Weiss Steele, Oracle of Initiation: Rainbows in the Dark