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The Thunderer's Wives
In Greek mythology, Leto is a Titaness loved by Zeus, but persecuted by Hera out of jealousy. Hera forbade any land to shelter Leto as she carried Zeus's children. Homeless and hunted, Leto wandered until she found refuge on the floating island of Delos, where she gave birth to Apollo, god of the sun, and Artemis, goddess of the moon and hunt.
This song captures the resilience and sacred dignity of Leto—a goddess denied a place in the world, who nevertheless gave rise to two of Olympus’s brightest lights. Her story is one of perseverance, quiet strength, and triumph through suffering.
Mother of Light
I crossed the lands, I crossed the seas
With silent womb and broken pleas
The earth refused, the heavens turned—
Yet still within, my fire burned
No throne would give, no gate would spare—
But still I breathed immortal air
Mother of light, bearer of flame
Through every curse, I kept their names
Apollo’s sun, Artemis' flight—
I bled the stars to birth their light
She sent her wrath to hunt me low
No cradle left where gods could grow
But from the ash, from salt and stone—
I carved the seeds the night has sown
With every step, the heavens wept—
But I held life that fate had kept
Mother of light, bearer of flame
Through every curse, I kept their names
Apollo’s sun, Artemis' flight—
I bled the stars to birth their light
They rose from pain, they sang from grief
The bow, the lyre, the broken reef
She feared my womb; she feared my sky—
For I gave gods the power to fly
Denied the earth, denied the sky—
I bore the suns that do not die.
Mother of light, bearer of flame
Through every curse, I kept their names
From barren dust, from endless night—
I bled the stars to birth their light
And even gods, once cast aside—
May rise as twins against the tide