Writing Prompt: A letter from Persephone to her friends above (20211215)

Writing Prompt: A Letter from Persephone to her friends

Dear friends,

Hello from the dark under. What can I say, it is bone chilling here as days passed by and the cold is threatening to become frost, ready to turn anything liquid and flowing into solid ice. Freezing. Frozen. Ice rock solid.

Much like the silence of this realm, too eerily silent that you can almost touch it. There are days when I want to find a solution on how to melt the ice, but a simple flame wouldn't stand a chance in the tall consuming ice mountain, it is even too foolish to think to try.

Well, I have been alone more and more in this realm since I returned. He has been busy all the time as usual, busy with all the things happening in the never ending cycle of life in this realm, His realm. He is always somewhere else, doing other stuff to keep the place running smoothly. As for me, I am also busy trying to learn a lot about his rhythm, his cycle, his moods, his reactions and so many other things closely related to him. Like his space which is a very empty one, a place where noone stays all the time aside from the sitting space where he stays most of the time when he is 'home'. The space is devoid of any embellishment, it is empty, like a minimalist designed space, full of white space suspended on a polished floor. The walls are empty too, not any picture or painting hanging from its wooden finished surface, but there is a big window, looking out to a garden, with many plants and trees, though the window is not open, no wind can enter from the outside, it is like a one way mirror, we can see from the inside but the outside cannot see us. I occupy a big space on the floor, across from his 'workstation'. Even in a shared space, we are still sitting opposite from one another, we 'see' each other from a distance.

If I have been writing all about him and if you have sensed that my point of view is just all about him and his personal space, that it feels so limited and claustrophobic, it is because I can't venture outside of his space. I am confined in his space/room, I am not permitted outside. The door is heavily locked and only he holds the key. Yes, it seems like I am tied to this empty room, with no company and noone to talk to. He is away all the time so I am just quietly waiting for him to come home or I am just busying myself with reading or writing or doing my own stuff.

Okay, I don't wait for him all the time as I have my own stuff too. Yes, I can still work too. It is just like I am there up above but I am not really there because I am really in the underworld. I am sorry for not having the right words to explain it, it sounds so simplistic and funny actually, but I need more time to process what I am doing so I can explain how I am really doing and faring down below.

But if I can give some glimpses of how my day is in this confined space in this big realm, just picture that I am on the floor still wearing my veil because it is so cold, and I'm doing my stuff as efficiently as I would have done it from above but of course with more interruption because He comes as He pleases any time of the day and when He drops by, I need to pay him all my attention.

Okay, as a tradition I have somehow revealed some secrets of our weird lifestyle to you my dear friends before and here goes some more. Well he might get a bit flustered but it is my diary anyway so it is my choice, here one thing about our lifestyle, ours is governed by a different flow of time, we don't have the usual 24/7 just like above. Just like when you travel to another country and you have to adjust your watch because you have crossed timelines, that's how it is here. The night is endless, but the moon will help you count the days and cycles of this world. 

Also, another one is that He is sweet but demanding and his observation skills are out of this world. Even when He is far away from this empty room, He knows every movement and every small gesture, very sensitive and very attuned.

However, everyone is this realm knows this but it is my privilege to let everyone know that He is a hard worker, intense and involved in every step of the way. He is very methodical and committed to His duties. 

Anyways, I am keeping this letter short again.

I wish for everybody to stay safe and warm during this cold season.

With all my love and affection,

Persephone