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"Samhain Prayer (to Hekate and Persephone)"
by DW Rowlands, 31 October 2018, Catonsville, MD


Hekate, you who bear your torches high
and guide your cousin 'tween her realms:
we ask your blessing and your aid
for all who cross the mighty Styx.

Please join swift Hermes in his rounds
to help them leave the many cares
that keep the dead still bound to life
and let them find a place of rest
within the Host of Many's halls.

Kore, you who go to rule the dead
and bring us spring on your return:
we ask your blessing and your aid
for all who cross the mighty Styx.

As autumn's failing plants make mulch
to feed the springtime's burst of growth,
please help your shadowed subjects fade
and free their breath and all their worth
to follow you to sunny realms.

Dear cousins of the spring and night,
of death and torches shining bright:
our lives must end and be forgot,
but grant that Life shall still go on.

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