221. A Mother’s Love
A Mother’s Love
is powerful.
It is a force
to be reckoned with.
My mother saved my life.
Demeter would take every life
to get her daughter back.
A mother’s love is many things
but most of all it is ancient
and it is destructive
to anything and anyone
that stands between her
and her child.
I chose my words
cautiously.
‘I will go see her.’
Charon shook his head.
‘You have nothing
to offer her she hasn’t heard.’
My smile was cryptic.
‘I think I know something
she has not heard before.’
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