Blue Galactic Night/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Attunement, Day 22

Blue Galactic Night

In the midnight Fire

Of winter’s second Moon

I rise again – again I rise

To ask for Blessing

In the midnight Fire –

A full Moon blazing

All Fear disappears

In a Prayer for Love and Peace

In the midnight Fire

Of the midnight Hour

My heart’s Wing

Reaches for my Beloved

A full Moon burns hot

In a midnight Sky

 Stars shine twice bright –

Each tear Turning

To a Pearl of great Price.  

©Kleomichele Leeds

White Resonant Wind/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Attunement, Day 21

7 Ik

White Resonant Wind

I hear a call

From the eastern Gate

From Roses on the Vine

Lightning flashes Foot to Head

Settling in the Belly –

A slow Burn of wild Desire

I feel a Call

Lifting me from the Desert

Out of Darkness, into Wind

Gone the dry Weeds

Gone the burning Sun

 Cool Breezes fly through me

I know this Call

I’ve heard it before –

Before Locusts ate my Passion

Fresh Water flows

I see an Oasis

My Thirst is sated, my Hunger ceases.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Red Rhythmic Dragon/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Attunement, Day 20

6 Imix

 Red Rhythmic Dragon

I descend at the Height of Day

Mind awake

  Eyes wide open –

I find dead my Maidenhead

The Land of Love strewn with Bones

Dry white Skeletons sitting on Stones –

Life decayed/ Care delayed

Turns Landscapes deathly gray

 Wind blows through Bones –

Sounding moans both high and low

For Years and Generations

No Family here –

  Bones alone

Shame eats the Flesh of Love

A gaping Maw of guilty Acts

Consumes the Meat that might sustain us –

Furies - Harpies dive

To take the Smile from smiling Lips –

A Hand too frightened to caress

Hits hard and hits again

Hearts break open –

Red Rage roars -

Hear the Breeze

Blowing on Bones –

Too little Tenderness too late

Can neither stop the Wind

Nor alter Fate.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Yellow Overtone Sun/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Attunement, Day 19

5 Ahau

Yellow Overtone Sun

Winter Branches bare

Ancient Arms –

Reach past Amethyst

Through Blue

Beyond Blue –

Until a salmon

Pink Horizon

Sets the Sun.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Blue Self-Existing Storm/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Attunement, Day 18

4 Cauac

Blue Self-Existing Storm

My Rage is a black Sun

Burning without Surcease –

Never setting – never resting  --

 Deep in every Cell

My Heart beats red hot bloody wild –

A Cauldron of scalding Tears

Burns my Eyes and drops –

Wide and without Boundary

Is the Feeling

Fathomless Abyss –

I dive through you into

A dear sweet Death –

Cool damp Darkness

Tempers my Heat

I fall like a Fireball

Fueled by ancient Anger

Fused with furious Madness

Silently I scream –

Grieving for Dreams

Lost – steeling myself

Against the relentless Power of Life

I hit – I die – It is no use

I am reborn.

©Kleomichele Leeds

4 Cauac

Blue Self-Existing Storm

My Rage is a black Sun

Burning without Surcease –

Never setting – never resting

 Deep in every Cell

My Heart beats red hot bloody wild –

A Cauldron of scalding Tears

Burns my Eyes and drops –

Wide and without Boundary

Is the Feeling

Fathomless Abyss –

I dive through you into

A dear sweet Death –

Cool damp Darkness

Tempers my Heat

I fall like a Fireball

Fueled by ancient Anger

Fused with furious Madness

Silently I scream –

Grieving for Dreams

Lost – steeling myself

Against the relentless Power of Life

I hit – I die – It is no use

I am reborn.

©Kleomichele Leeds

White Electric Mirror/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Attunement, Day 17

3 Etznab

White Electric Mirror

I dance the Dance of Shiva

Pendant in mid-Air –

Creating and Destroying

I make the tall grass quiver

I dance the Dance of Shiva

Mighty Soul on slender Limb –

In Solitude I weave a Pattern

Known before the Gates of Eden opened

My Filament’s obscure

In the shadowed Night –

Silver Threads invisible save

For Moon’s reflected Light –

Symmetrical and Perfect is my Form

Diamond lit with morning Dew –

I spin and waltz – I whirl and turn

Before my Dance is through.

©Kleomichele Leeds

1/25/2020 Red Lunar Earth/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Attunement, Day 16

2 Caban

Red Lunar Earth

Sing – blue Globe of Light

Sing all Day – sing all Night

These phases less Reality

Than merely Shadow-Play

Sing – shimmering Earth -Soul

Sing of a Time just in Time

When the Voice of the Turtle

Is heard in the Land

Sing – holographic Hieroglyph –

Play out the Play which spins

The Fear of Death

Into the Death of Fear

Sing – Elements of Quintessential Peace

Music – Laughter – Joy – Grace

Sing until all Borders

Fade without a Trace

Sing – cerulean Jewel of Glory

Sailing down a Golden Dawn

Sing – sacred Ground – Sky and Sea

Sing – precious Pearl of Mystery.

©Kleomichele Leeds

1/24/2020 Yellow Magnetic Warrior/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Attunement, Day 15

1 Cib

Yellow Magnetic Warrior

You slew the Messenger –

You killed the Angel

For her Light –

My Love –

When most I needed you 

You murdered me

Outright.

©Kleomichele Leeds

1/23/2020 Blue Cosmic Eagle/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Attunement, Day 14

13 Men

Blue Cosmic Eagle

Underneath an

Earthen Crust

In Gaia's Nest

A Serpent turns –

Languorously undulating

Among Blossoms infinite --

The Flowers of all Nations –

She knows her Self

Sacred yet vilified

Mythic Mediator

Between Heart of Earth -

Heart of Sky

Her Form -

Eternally re-born 

Among deep Roots

Of the great World Tree –

When Opposites meet

Marry and merge

Power becomes Lightning –

Where Scales once lay

Now Eagle’s Wings

Ascend instead.

©Kleomichele Leeds

1/22/2020 White Crystal Wizard/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Attunement, Day 13

12 Ix

White Crystal Wizard

Ancient Stones

Initialed

With Lichen

And Moss

Mark the Passage –

Nature sculpts

A Testament

Bequeathing Color –

Changing Hue

On Ivy

                                                              And rotting Wood –

Toadstools sit

Haphazardly and violet

In the Musk

As I wander in the Graveyard

Through an autumn Dusk.

©Kleomchele Leeds

1/21/2020 Red Spectral Skywalker/ Resonant Moon of Attunement, Day 12

11 Ben

Red Spectral Skywalker

We escaped!

From City to Desert Wilderness

We escaped!

From blaring Cacophony

To Silence and Birdsong –

Sweet Liberation!

I see the Mountains

With Eyes clear as Glass

Now I am calm 

As Tall Trees rustling

 In the turquoise Dusk -

Now I am quiet

As the Night.

©Kleomichele Leeds

1/20/2020 Yellow Planetary Human/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Attunement, Day 11

Yellow Planetary Human

Up came I from the border Towns –

Texas towns of Wind and Heat

 Dust unto Dust

Up drove I from a Valley of Death –

Border Patrols – screaming Sirens –

Burly men searching for “Wetbacks” to catch

Crossing the Rio Grande –

Swimming for their Lives and Children

Braving Cold – Darkness – Nets - Death

Cops everywhere in those Texas Towns –

Armed and dangerous Vigilantes

Looking to find a Reason to kill

Small brown People

Gentle and proud

With Hope greater than Fear –

 Nothing to lose

Up drove I through ghost Town after Town

From Palm to Mesquite –

North came I when Night descended

Looking for Shelter – none to be had –

Every Lad from the oil Fields

With pockets full of Money

Filled every Space – sold out – locked down

No Room at the Inn for

Brave brown People or me.

©Kleomichele Leeds

1/19/2020 Blue Solar Moonkey/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Attunement, Day 10

9 Chuen

Blue Solar Monkey

Amid the glossy Steel and engine’s Roar

I saw his Eyes point blank –

Blue like Skies, Jay’s Wing, and ocean Water

In the Sun that set as we flew north

From Warmth, carried on a soft Wind

We sat in antiseptic Splendor

On a Plane of Strangers

In Time we broke the Barrier –

Decided that we’d found

Too much to speak of to let go –

“No” – suspend the Night and Day

Escape from Pain, seek Peace, delay

Your Flight and stay with me

I heard his Plea

Asking that I change my Course

Rearrange my Night and Day

For him

I uttered my Reply

Dared not deny myself the Instinct

Too long held captive, Wings clipped –

Not allowed to fly

The Jewel of that March Night

Shimmered with our Heat and Light –

Our Bodies fused -

Desire keenly felt

And tightly wrapped around us

Is this my Fate –

My Destiny incarnate?

Bronze Strength – blue Fire

Cool green Mountain Shade

On white hot Desert Sand

My dear One –

My Atlanta one Night Stand.

©Kleomichele Leeds

1/18/2020 White Galactic Dog/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Attunement, Day 9

8 Oc

White Galactic Dog

How do I tell thee of my Love?

Are Verses sung in Tune enough

To move you beyond moving?

Shall I paint a Portrait of Affection

Reflecting deep Enchantment?

My Affection turns Affliction –

Its Weight hangs heavily  

 Fear battles Hope

That in the Telling it will meet

Acceptance – willingness

To love me in Return

Fear locks the Gates of Love

 Faith alone holds fast the Key.

©Kleomichele Leeds