into nature’s
cycles
I went
replacing loss
with wisdom
Tag: renewal (Page 1 of 2)
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.
cold burns my lungs
eyes clear after blur
my skin stings
mountain water’s song
I surface
Into the pot
I went
salt and bone
melding
nourishment
I died
over seed
in topsoil
rendering tree
Spent flowers
rest my body.
head wilts back into soft grass,
my hand stills.
I breathe.
The earth carries me
as my wings lift.
my furs aroused
stuck in green wool
upward bound
Paper thick
shedding my skin
feathery leather
porous enough
to let the light through.
Delighted-heart
lifted
from cobwebs
and settled dust,
creaked open
new magic rose
She succumbed
and fell beneath the parchment and pen.
Her eyes emptied.
Her mouth forgot to crack open.
The woman I was is used to this.
Tree roots need to eat.