Juno

To what degree is Juno, Goddess of Marriage, wife to Jupiter, Father of Gods and Men, responsible for the profound commitment Luteesha has for her husband Isaac, against all her natural instincts?
In her lament Luteesha lays bare her betrothal. Her perfume scented poem reads of her angst yet Juno will not free her. Does Juno also remain in the shadow of her husband despite being a god herself?
What of free will? Are denial and despair inseparable? Luteesha finds it so.
Her poem reads,
“First time I saw you, you made me ache
To Be, to you, beholden
For my children to be forsaken,
I promised

In our embrace, I committed
To being an empty bride, always
Rethinking, unthinking
Our lonely nest for my love of thee”

Juno, overwhelmingly stood her ground against the aspirations of Luteesha, whose vivid dreams revealed,

“Looking into me
The child’s lips moved without speaking
To share some food with us
I raised a spoon and pressed its lips
And in my waking
It was gone”

Juno, Goddess of Marriage, made and betrothed by Jupiter. Why had her husband, Father of Men laid such disparity among the gods so created by him?
Juno, steadfast and subservient was brought into being to carry out the mission prescribed by her husband, and this is Luteesha’s lament.

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