A Lokean Devotional Vignette
“Look outside,” Loki instructs the moment I wake from sleep.
Dense fog. Every place I look.
“Happy Halloween.”
Author: Raven (Page 2 of 43)
spirit rides tonight
laughter and candy wrappers
mischief chatters
Ancestral Gossip
“A quilt is stitched and darned both in the physical realm and in spirit.”
-Grandmother Spider
hinge popped
hatch door opened
I enjoyed watching you sneak in
“You’re worrying too much. Please stop. Enjoy this time. There is adequate rest, food, shelter, and story. What more could you ask for, dear love? The work is just this,” Loki says as the wind whips my hair around my face and the raven flies overhead.
jacks
riding air strips
across my porch
marbles considering this new chore
scald me
pinking
embarrassed
heating
beneath
my skin
he cultivated me
beneath his dark
feathers
I am the marker of his violence,
a placeholder.
His greed to be endless
and clean.
I am the clay tossed out,
holding his imperfections.
I am the sky-cloud,
lacking permanence.
“The colors of this season are so lovely. The colors are your colors, Loki.”
He smiles, knowing he has my heart now.