Friday, January 31, 2020

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





Thursday, January 30, 2020

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



Wednesday, January 29, 2020

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



Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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



Monday, January 27, 2020

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



Sunday, January 26, 2020

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



Saturday, January 25, 2020

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


Friday, January 24, 2020

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