Thursday 7 July 2011

Prayer to the ancestors

my feet are soft upon the still beating heart 
of my love
tears fall for the forgotten dreams
of the ones that came before I

the ones that stood on this fertile shore
 cried life into its veins

dear beloved 
lost 
at sea

i am here 
to hear your call

calling you
home 
to the shores of your dreams

where memories dance 
and play out their melodies

song of my fathers
my mothers
my sisters
my brothers

day of my soul
for i remember you each in turn
in this soft remembrance of years

honouring 
i walk your footsteps forth
to the oak
to the yew
to the fields of golden barley

i lay down my heart
for your sweet embrace

Wednesday 6 July 2011

Pandora and her box

i am a half lid
dreaming 
sitting
waiting

as a bespoke pearl
the dreaming never ends

creating 
woves of gold
in silent reverie

yet the whole is an illusion
for we are stardust
explosions
of light
reflected in the sun

 mastery of chaos
 harnessing of form

holding 
pinning 
down of prisms
watch them dance between our grasp
as sprites

holographic 
particles of love