After the Titanomachy
she set out to find answers.
Along the way she met a shepherd
who promised to help her.
For nine days and nine nights
they spoke of the stars
and the beauty of truths,
but on the very end of the ninth day,
this shepherd revealed
he had tricked her,
for he was truly
the God-King Zeus.
The story could end there,
but Mnemosyne was an ancient Goddess,
and in her womb she carried
her vengeance.
Nine Goddesses were born
of her. Each one
holding power over every art
and every craft beloved to the Gods.
And with her gift of memory,
she ensured that Zeus remembered
if he ever crossed her again,
she would empty his world
of everything beautiful,
fill his mind with only that
which caused pain.
In an effort to amend
his brother’s grave errors,
Hades gave her safety
