Aphrodite walks down the street, an unassuming young woman. She watches the men who follow women around, clawing at their hair, their clothes. She curses them on a watery tongue. They will drown on their own words tonight.
Athena is at war in the senate seat, the streets, in her own head. She’s a strategist, a wise, nasty woman. She stands for the people who are thrown to the wolves, and gives them a sword so they can be the heroes she knows them to be.
Artemis hunts down the abusers, the takers, the grim reapers. She shoots arrows of truth and revolution into the hearts of survivors. She is always just ahead in the tree line, crying for you to be free.
Hera is the school teacher, the grandmother, a victim who notices your wounds and stays with you. She is a mother, firm grip on your shoulder as you stand up against violence, against anything bad for you. You will win today, you have no other choice. She looks at you and survival is etched in her face.
Hecate is the friend that tells you to leave the asshole, who is a bodyguard, who threatens their tongues with their wrath. She cannot be moved, grounded in the earth.
Hestia is a social worker who takes in runaways. She holds picket signs and feeds those who would not be fed. Who makes homes for the lost, the aged, the sick. She sees their strength and their trial by fire. She rewards them for their triumph up to this point.
Persephone knows how to fight for her love, how to break your mother’s heart for knowing who you are and what you want, realizing that was not what your family wanted. She waves pride flags, she sips wine at gay bars.
If I might add one:
Hygeia is the Emergency Room nurse who always cares for the rape and abuse victims. She cleanses your body, bandaging your physical wounds; while quietly supporting you mentally. She is there when you fall apart, she puts you back together; forging a stronger being like a Phoenix from the flames.Demeter is the kind old lady down the street who’s always gardening, the woman who tends to the plants in the nursery, the protestor who stands at the front of every environmental rally and preaches love to the earth who so willingly provides for us though we have done nothing to deserve it. She is as stubborn and strong as a tree, she will fight for her world until the end of time.
Yes!!! I loved the addition! And yes, she is super important, but I wasn’t close with her yet and didn’t feel comfortable writing anything from her yet.
Water Witches 