As She guides Persephone,
hears silenced cries,
I pray to Hekate to hear me.

I read that She watches over
women in childbirth
and I pray that She protects
the childless.

I'm told that She will deliver justice
where justice is due
and I pray She bring justice, too,
beyond the courtroom,
beyond the bedroom,
to encompass all who feel Her,
fear for what's still to come.

Further reading for “A Woman’s Prayer to Hekate:” https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/hekate

Juliette Sebock is a Best of the Net-nominated poet and writer and the author of Mistakes Were Made, Micro, How My Cat Saved My Life and Other Poems, Three Words, Plight of the Pangolin, and Boleyn, with work forthcoming or appearing in a wide variety of publications. She is the founding editor of Nightingale & Sparrow, runs a lifestyle blog, For the Sake of Good Taste, and is a regular contributor with Marías at Sampaguitas, Royal Rose, Memoir Mixtapes, and The Poetry Question. When she isn’t writing (and sometimes when she is), she can be found with a cup of coffee and her cat, Fitz. Juliette can be reached on her website, juliettesebock.com, or across social media @juliettesebock.