THE CURSE
PLOT POINT: Demeter responds to the news of her brothers’ betrayal
Wither up the Earth with my pain
May the rain disappear
May you struggle with hunger
Wither up the Earth with my grief
Every flower every leaf
May it fall to the ground
Wither up the harvest with a curse
I reverse what I gave
I can give it no longer
Tangled are the tresses of my hair
I don’t care anymore
Whether golden or grey
Dry
My veins filled with sand
My heart is a desert
Brittle and broken
Frozen
Wasted
My feet as they’re searching
Are scorching the land
Suffer as I suffer may you fee
All the pain that I feel
Like a sea without water
Deceived, denied, your greed, your lies
Splintered
Return me my daughter!
Return me my daughter.
Curse you curse you curse you my brothers
The Sky and the Shadow
Betrayed
Curse you curse you curse you my brothers
Your temples untended and barren the land
Winter
My hands become knives
My eyes become crystals
Empty, naked
Dry
Unable to cry
The last of my tears fell long from my eyes