| [Proserpina (Roman) is the daughter of Ceres, goddess of the harvest. Pluto, the ruler of the underworld, fell in love with Proserpina and stole her away. Experiencing deep grief for the loss of her daughter, Ceres caused the earth to become barren and cold. Only when Proserpina returned from the underworld did she let the earth become fertile and alive again.] | XXXXX |
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the first time I fell through I was scared taken away from the light that surrounded me the chasm opened up and swallowed me down into the ground no sound no sound no sound no sound no sound it started the war no heat, no more bounty from the ground that let me disappear without a sound (no sound no sound no sound no sound no sound) have pity on the ones who grow cold she'll teach them when I'm away my mother cries when I'm lost the earth dies she is in mourning this is her warning when I am gone the sun doesn't burn she'll laugh no more 'till I return I live the cycle of the year mother/lover/mother/lover/mother how I long to see the sky before I die |