Ancestral Gossip
“Keep those you can be a kid with close,
and those who force you to be an adult, let be.” -Grandmother Birdie
Tag: reflection (Page 1 of 2)
every element
of self
i took eyes on
and thirsted
for my knowing
deeply
into nature’s
cycles
I went
replacing loss
with wisdom
Ancestral Gossip
“There will always be argument that changes nothing. And there will always be art.”
-Grandmother Moth
A Lokean Devotional Vignette
Rest does not mean you cannot do things.
Rest means putting down what can wait and doing what you feel like doing, what refreshes you.
“Rest from. Not rest because,” Loki teaches me.
the way pine tasted
magic slick
sharply wild
confluence met me
without pretense
her hair
lifeless white
and drooping
fissured with story
the tired wrapped my bones
in sparkle ice
and finger frost
I discovered myself
in darkness
the depths of which
could not be real
and that is what evoked terror in me
that I could enter those shadows at all.
the mirrors
inside me
have teeth
and bite