But even that hardest of hearts unhardened
Suddenly, when he saw her there
Persephone in her mother’s garden
Sun on her shoulders, wind in her hair
The smell of the flowers she held in her hand
And the pollen that fell from her fingertips
And suddenly Hades was only a man
With a taste of nectar upon his lips, singing:
La la la la la la la…
-”Epic (Part II)”
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look more “Hadestown” sketches. here’s our lady of the Underground, Persephone, and the edgelord himself, Hades.