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Letters From Elysium
They say you become a mirror
To the person you're betrothed to
Fates, please, make it not so
If I ever do, I wish to have my heart ripped out of my chest
For I rather die a violent death
Than to live to see myself become just that
A violent death
A violent death
It took nothing but the unfurling of a narcissus bud and six pomegranate seeds to lure Persephone in and solidify her place in the Underworld. From there it was not from her actions, but from the conflict of the gods and her mother's grief that the seasons were born. However, the goddess' account of the events vary far from the outside perspective of those around her. Letters From Elysium unravels the missing letters, conversations, and poems from her gilded cage of Elysium.
Told in a variety of narrative poems, the story expresses the battle of conflicting emotions during Persephone's captivity in the Underworld and her eventual escape. The collection examines the pressure of societal expectations on young women to remain pure and the powerful effect had on their self-esteem and self worth, especially when that purity is stolen from then.
Written from the perspective of an abuse survivor, Letters From Elysium weaves myth and reality together to tell a beautiful and poignant tale of a young woman finding freedom from a love that should have never existed.
To the person you're betrothed to
Fates, please, make it not so
If I ever do, I wish to have my heart ripped out of my chest
For I rather die a violent death
Than to live to see myself become just that
A violent death
A violent death
It took nothing but the unfurling of a narcissus bud and six pomegranate seeds to lure Persephone in and solidify her place in the Underworld. From there it was not from her actions, but from the conflict of the gods and her mother's grief that the seasons were born. However, the goddess' account of the events vary far from the outside perspective of those around her. Letters From Elysium unravels the missing letters, conversations, and poems from her gilded cage of Elysium.
Told in a variety of narrative poems, the story expresses the battle of conflicting emotions during Persephone's captivity in the Underworld and her eventual escape. The collection examines the pressure of societal expectations on young women to remain pure and the powerful effect had on their self-esteem and self worth, especially when that purity is stolen from then.
Written from the perspective of an abuse survivor, Letters From Elysium weaves myth and reality together to tell a beautiful and poignant tale of a young woman finding freedom from a love that should have never existed.
198 pages, Paperback
Published October 1, 2024
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