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serenity blaze
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0 posted 2007-10-31 01:22 PM


I will clothe myself in sky
and plant one foot upon the earth
the other will be washed by tide
as fire plays the dance of mirth.
Stars will gather in my hair
lightning loosed by chant of tongue
gather herb in fold of skirt
quickly while this day is young.
I free the night from heaven's rule.
I greet the golden orb.
Walk with me into the wood
I tell will ye tales of yore.


"Children of the gatherers!
We remember ways of seed--
here there is no finger's blame--
the only path beneath the feet.
To stray is but a following--
shadows stroll behind a lead--
I caution you, don't follow me.
But I pray you'll meet me there."


Here is parting of the ways
for truth is something you must find...
so meet me in the forest--deep--
there you'll find a gasp of sky
once shaded by the branch of oaks--
two which cradled witches souls
graves of sister sacrifice
memorial to burning times.


"As above is so below."
Keep this vow of witch's rede:
"As ye harm none, do what thou wilt"
remembering that will is free...
Gather berries on the way,
herbs and flowers for the feast.
Meet me at the opening
in the center of the wood.


*  *  *


Part II (Into The Wood)
silent
sacred
solitude
the mother
cushions
soles of feet--
I enter under canopy
I enter blood's divinity
there the snake becomes the wheel
swallow tail's eternity
ouroboros is calling me
deep into the mother's womb.

Patterns
pulsing
pointedly
the father
is a lantern's light
dappling
in black and white
giving vein to leaves of tree--
the wind in shake of tambourine
branches quake in giggling
like geisha blushing behind fan...

There--I spy a shape of leaf--
I stoop to take just what I need
here, there is no need of greed--
I leave the plant and it re-seeds
to feed another's traveling.

I pick the berries black and wild--
smiling when the bite weeps red
juices on me reconcile
bleeding proof that I am wed.
Bloodstains on the marriage bed
witness union of divine--
water changed into the wine
watch me stumble in the wood
tripping over oaken root--
I have found the centered sky.

*   *   *
The Clearing Part III


Grace--
a ballet in my bones
even in my awkward toes
Grace--
a tilting of one wing
wobbled flight
pinfeathering--
this brown wren can fly.


How could I? I pray--tell me--
deny the sky in beckoning
the bright of Him so cradling
arms in span and loving wise
begging me to sing again--
applauding this bedraggled child?


So I stepped out from the wood
in the meadow grasses tall
spears of yellow turning green--
technicolor healing glee
this time mother welcomed me--
This time there was no wailing wall.


Butterflies and bumblebees
dragonfly of lavender
sparkles dervished in my eyes
spiral mystic from the sky
reminding me of Gatherers--
I wanted them to see this too.


So I picked up branch and twig
and bundled them in circling
around the trunks of fallen oaks.
I twined the herbs of borrowed time
blessed them, "make ye heady smoke"
Praying friends would find the way--
for I cannot feast alone.


I sat in wait upon the trunk
of the huge uprooted oak,
the other stood there skeletal
split in two by lightning
dark wood splintered in accuse:
"You rest upon a sister's grave."
Shamed by this admonishment
I sat cross-legged on the ground,
and there I prayed until I dozed--
dreaming I was wren in flight.


*   *   *



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rwood
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1 posted 2007-10-31 03:35 PM


I found myself listening to the words and messages, wandering through and feeling taken back in time to an earthiness saturated by song & stories. I love that when it happens!

Excellent. *** three stars for each part   

Earth Angel
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Realms of Light
2 posted 2007-10-31 04:34 PM


To my mind, this witch song trilogy should be posted EVERY year. Those of us who have read it, would enjoy revisiting it ~ and those who haven't will be in for a new treat from our Serene One!

I found this recipe for a Witches' Brew that might come in handy! lol

(this one pretty much fills a 12-quart cauldron)

four 48 oz cans pineapple juice
one 96 oz bottle orange juice
four 2 liter bottles lemon-lime soda
one 1.75 liter bottle vodka
one 1.75 liter bottle rum

All measurements are approximate. Adjust to your own taste.
Mix well. Pour into your cauldron, preferably with chunks of dry ice to create the bubbling steam effect.
(Be careful NOT to drink or eat or in any way come in direct contact with skin with any chunks of dry ice -
you can get burned by the extreme cold!)

Blessed Samhain

Belinda        

serenity blaze
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3 posted 2007-10-31 05:07 PM


For anyone who doubted that witches can fly!

*grin*

I know you won't believe this, but I just got a call from the husband asking me what I wanted. (I pretty much get anything I want on this night. )

Thanks for letting me have fun, you two!

*cackle*

Xillus_Xavier
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4 posted 2007-10-31 05:12 PM


Very long piece but every bit of it was enjoyable.
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5 posted 2007-11-05 03:16 PM


When something is this good, an additional read is a treat! *S*
serenity blaze
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6 posted 2007-11-05 03:24 PM


Thanks for reading XX--it's sort of my witchy tradition, and they were posted seperately, but I just shoved them all together 'cause I'm lazy.

And ah Ruth...it's always sweet to see you again. Thank you my friend, for taking the time to say "howdy"! Love you!


OwlSA
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Durban, South Africa
7 posted 2007-11-07 05:40 AM


Please, please, PLEASE may I be a witch with you and enjoy the feast and celebrate such glorious flight?  Please, pretty please?  Too late to say No.   I already did!  (But I know you wouldn't have said, No - you said it in your poem, that you wanted us there anyway, so Wêêêê!)

Karen, I am SO glad you reposted this, because I didn't see it the first time!  Even more than usual, your Serenity Blaze magic is bubbling over (Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble!!) in all its supreme magnificence!  I love the combination of the 3 poems.  I would never have guessed that they weren't written originally as a trilogy.  Thank you for the experience!

- Owl

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