Tantalus

Artist: Stef Tastan

Tantalus, who the gods sought to punish, overstepped his bounds.
High on mount Olympus, Zeus swept down, destroying everything in his path.
Torment came after death, standing in a pool of water, a fruit tree at his back.
The hanging fruit just out of reach, the waters receded, hunger and thirst never to be slacked.

I am Tantalus, I thought I held happiness in the palm of my hand,
but the fates had other plans.
I dare to love a demi-god, blinded by his light,
but that kind of love and joy was never meant to be mine.

But Hades and the winter winds can't hold me back.
Come spring, Persephone shall bless me.
I will return to the light of the world,
And find the love that's meant to be!

©JennaClaireDouglass