The Eagle (To Be Read Aloud with Vigor)
Fastly, swiftly, we run our race
The fire burns as we keep up the pace
Fly across the sky at night
An eagle flying in the red twilight
Then slow ---
Slow we flow
Slow like water
Slow like snow
How'd you know what your life's about
Up and down and in and out
Never stop and never go
The river's rest is slow to come
The eagle's nest is hidden from
The eagle's si...
Friday 22nd February 2019 5:25 am
Balance Number 1
Beauty is as beauty does
What beauty does
We know
Strength brings strength
In exercise
A healthy gainful glow
Beauty cannot live within
If it has no strength to grow
Strength cannot live within
Where beauty is not known
Sunday 17th February 2019 8:57 pm
Introduction to Love
My love for you wells up from
Within
A feeling indescript
A warmth rising from the heart
A rush of oxytocin through the
Veins
Immediate and pressing
Without urgency or smothering
Felt from my legs to my
Head
And in every chakra the yoga-doers tell us of
From the crown above my head
To the root they speak of in awkward Puritanical tones
Tones we do not need, m...
Saturday 16th February 2019 6:01 pm
PAGAN THE NIGHT - Vision the First
Blue lights sparkle quaintly amidst the
Glowing dawn
The fire burns as we stand above and
The Horned One looks on
The scales were tipped, Anubis spake
Despite your small complaint
Your protests unheard, your pointless
words
And Ammut smiled and ate
And now above the flames you
Stand
Fear fills your once-proud eyes
“Will you leap?” The Horned One asks
And to the gods’ surprise
You swa...
Saturday 16th February 2019 5:52 pm
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