Open eyes of a child
scanning the sky,
looking for rainbows,
breathing ‘why?’.
Light dancing
on the stream.
Frog on rock,
the mossy dream.
Animal language,
fingers in the earth.
Celebrate,
unlearn,
return,
rebirth.
Category: poetry
Birth
In animal darkness:
half light of flame and fire,
the ache of onset makes way
for the gush and rush
of release.
Moan, groan,
moo, howl.
Shit, sweat,
blood-striped thighs
The breath,
the push,
the miracle cry.
Then skin on skin,
waxy, wet, we lie,
in slippery grip
of love.
Rustle
Rustle of love,
Catch me closer
To your beating heart
Of autumn leaves.
Feed me Heed me
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The Creative Voice says:
“Feed me, heed me.
Sing me a song,
String me along
Over hills and shadows.
Delight in deliciousness
Of words curled together;
Lyrics that make
Your skin prickle
With anticipation,
Spoken through tender lips
Of children,
Tasting their flavour
Between giggles;
Fingers fumbling
With beads and buttons.
Those precious fleeting moments
You crave in the melée
Of life and cornflakes.
I am the true you
The Queen in sovereign rule
Of yourself.
The witchy wanderer.
Autumn’s fallen children.
The dewy light of Spring.
I am what leads you down
The forgotten pathway
To magic
Over and over again.
And I can be woken,
Even after a lifetime
Of slumber.”
the Huntress
The Huntress is hungry
for the taste of life.
To sink her teeth
into the juices of artistry.
She yearns and she seeks
and through the shadows speaks
to the heart of the poet
searching for direction.
Her eye is keen.
Longing churns in the belly
waiting to hear her call –
long and low through the forest.
Follow her footsteps,
swift and strong,
in the damp leaves.
The Huntress is wise;
knows the true trail
from the false path;
finds her way through the night
by the sharp scent
of ambition.
The Huntress is clear.
Her eyes dark like mirrors
see into the depths of you:
what you truly want;
what you hear calling
through the back door
of your dreams.
She will show you the way.
Fingertips on the red thread
that tugs at your heart
with the stubbornness
of the old grandmother.
