one by one; I felt the rubies burst
on my tongue–now I’m tethered here
iving a half-life, shrouded in darkness.

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Poor Persephone, tricked into living with Hades for half of every year. I wrote this small poem in response to the Exercises and Challenges bulletin board posted on  http://www.arcanumcafe.com 

There, writers post a four-line poem that is inspired by one word left in a previous bulletin board post. I used the word "Underworld." 

What four-line poem could you create using the same word?