On this silent night
May your gentle voice sing
Of the birth of a babe
And the peace he did bring.
On this holy night
May your weary soul find
The embrace of deep rest
And a quieted mind.
On this solstice night
May your humble heart sow
Tiny seeds of desire
And the faith they will grow.
On this year’s end night,
May your inner light shine
Like a beacon of love
Guiding in the divine.
Songs/Poems
Spirits
On All-Hallow's Eve
When the veil is thin
See the leaves turn bloody
Feel the winds seep in
You act out your fears
You indulge your sins
You release your demons
From the cages within
This is as it should be
Though it chills your skin
If you seek renewal
Let the spell begin
This cross-quarter day
Let the darkness win
Listen for the whispers
Of your long dead kin
From the mortal coil
Oldest souls unleashed
Speaking from the beyond
Long ago deceased
How their stories echo
How their spirits rise
They know all your secrets
and your wickedest lies
Still these souls keep watch
Guardians of the night
Mortal fools take solace
In their ghostly light
Major Arcana
0
Void. Sight of conception. Joyful. Nucleic.
I
Telekinetic. Mind made matter. Prefigurative.
II
The witch understands what the king cannot. Listen.
III
The orchard flourishing; the rivers replete.
IV
I see a city in this place.
V
The king’s council. The prophet’s apostle. Does order bring meaning or control?
VI
She, he, they. (re) join, rejoice.
VII
Drive. You know the way.
VIII
The unbreakable within holds fast.
IX
Still. Solitary. Enter the temple.
X
Tomorrow is the next reality.
XI
Settle the bill, or pay the price.
XII
Suspend your disbelief. The rope will hold.
XIII
The worm-infested fruit becomes the soil.
XIV
Rivulets in dry earth will find the sea at last.
XV
Where your self-loathing dances.
XVI
Unmake this world. It is done for.
XVII
From your bruise, the blossom.
XVIII
A wish, a whisper, a word, a wonder.
XIX
I live in the light.
XX
The meaning in the past makes the map for the road ahead.
XXI
One
Retreat
Most of the livelong days Test themselves in the sea Tossed about by the waves Inelegantly body surfing Sand-scraped knees The hapless weekends Make disoriented attempts To arise from the surf Find a foothold in seashells Avoid the jelly sting Each Sunday turns to face Monday Gasping for breath Slapped in the face By an oncoming wave But once in a while… The days unwind themselves Like a sunbather Dripping onto a beach towel Unhurried, relaxed, content To be made toast
Tornado Seeds
I dream of the children of the rising seas The wildfire born, the tornado seeds Conceived in the hands of the run down clock Betrayed by their ancestor’s greed They live on the edges of forgotten towns Main Street hunters, suburban farms Raised by necessity, grief, and change Schooled by the silenced alarm At night they gather, chant freedom tales Of shining light, and hammer and bell Prostrate to surviving beasts and birds Remembering all those who fell. I pray for these wildflowers of heat and flood Find rivulets, run deep and wide Resync your heartbeats with earthsong Let your energies be sun-tied. The new world is yours Tornado seeds Disperse Alight Be
Hip Opener
My pain dwells in the space Between lower back and upper legs Where the holding meets the doing The hinge that screams For oil, for ease, for new Screws to tighten up my will I have opened these hips Again, and again and again To engulf some and release others My hips cry, oooooh. What have you done for me lately? I wanna be the one in control.
Trouble the Troubles
2020 Alone in broad daylight, my mask pulled tight A neighbor's breath is near. My loves, all turned to ghosts, go nowhere fast, Their pain will last for years Police murder George Floyd Anger erupts Summer streets are seared Black lives taken each day We say their names, Uncertain who will hear 2021 New year’s insurrection White power play Dog whistles call and cheer No consequences seen Emboldens those Who love the king of jeer Ida’s remnants arrive Tornados bloom Sirens jar inner ear Vine street expressway flood A river born We drown in nature’s tears 2022 Don’t say gay Florida Control what’s taught Deny that we are queer School active shooter drills Are make-believe Until the news appears Supreme court overturns Roe versus Wade The right that we hold dear Proverb says that hindsight’s 20/20 True, the nightmare is clear _______________________ Awaken us from terrors! Our movement without peer Our future glowing brighter Toward our vision steer! Black joy is multiplying Queer liberators rise “Me too” chorus resounding Lay bare the kingdoms lies Old paradigm collapsing The capitalist plot The workers are uniting Unlearning all you taught Clarion call of poets Truth murals on the streets Afro-futurisms thrive Revolutionary beats The virus multiplying Not just the kind that kills Infectious liberation Rewiring our wills We’re troubling our troubles We understand the cage Revealing all that’s hidden Transmogrifying rage Not something in our future These seedlings in the earth We cultivate this garden Midwife our vision’s birth
In the Egg, Pt. 2
Are you in the egg, or are you just cracking up? You need a break…through! Ha! What a chicken. Make sure you are fully grown before you breathe air. You must know how to filter out the good from bad. Edible? Deadly? Get close to others, yes, and learn to read. The signs say, “keep your distance”.
In the Egg Pt. 1
I am in the egg, cells dividing, aligning, becoming brainstem. Who knows how the heart emerges, beating like that? Rhythmic potato. I am not yet “me”, or “me” is this clump of stuff. How ridiculous. I am forty-six years - not yet a whole human. I am in the egg.
Seasons of No Part 2
When I tell you "no" The pumpkin valley replete. A feast of orange When I tell you "no" The sun thaws wood fibers Let the sweet sap flow When I tell you "no" A forgotten bulb erupts like resurrection When I tell you "no" Singing insects harmonize Deep lullaby rest
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