Sacred circle!

Magicians of verse

Council of elders

Conjurors of words

 

Body of experience

Each one unique

Passion that burns

Vivid beliefs

 

Tell of your life

Abrasive or harsh

Share with us pain

Reveal your heart

 

Be joyous! Share moments

Tender and mild

Recall happiness

With innocence of child

 

The circle is safe

No words disallowed

No mockery here

No suggestion turned down

 

Sacred temple!

Safe place to cleanse

Thoughts mirky and twisted

Through singular lens

 

Divest and release

Submit buried need to tell

Speak finally of deeds

To break their spell

 

Know silence and doubt

Clenched tightly within

Is a festering ground

For guilt and shame

 

Essence of pain

Cast into the pot

Dragged up from places

Long since forgot

 

Awash! tears flow

Hearts burst open wide

Allowing the circle

To peer deep inside

 

Contributions captured

Insightful lines

Encapsulate creativity

This magical night

 

Concoction binds

A collage of yarns

Spun into renewed

Tender woven art

 

Depleted and worn

The night ends

Lingering longer

Remain amongst friends

 

Spiral down stone stairs

Cross marble floor

Turning and twisting

Towards camouflaged door

 

Emerge from the trance

Touch cool of night

Let flickering lamplight

Guide you back into life.