Yellow Magnetic Warrior/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 16

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

 

Blue Cosmic Eagle/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 15

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 –

Wise 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

 

White Crystal Wizard/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 14

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 ancient Wood --

Toadstools sit

Haphazardly and violet

In the Musk

As I wander in the Graveyard

Through an autumn Dusk. 

 

©Kleomchele Leeds

 

Red Spectral Skywalker/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 13

11 Ben

Red Spectral Skywalker

 

We escaped!

From City to Desert Wilderness

We escaped!

From blaring Cacophony

To Silence and Birdsong –

Sweet Liberation…

 

With Eyes clear as Glass

I see blue Mountains –

Now I am calm while

 Tall Trees rustle

 In the turquoise Dusk -

Now I am quiet

Like the Night.

 

©Kleomichele Leeds

 

Yellow Planetary Human/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 12

10 Eb

 

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”

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                                                              

 

Blue Solar Monkey/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 11

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 -- 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 sound 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

White Galactic Dog/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 10

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 heavy on my Heart

 

 Fear battles Hope --

That in the Telling it will see

 

Acceptance – willingness

To love me in Return

 

Fear locks the Gates of Love

 Faith alone holds fast the Key.

 

©Kleomichele Leeds

 

Red Resonant Moon/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 9

7 Muluc

Red Resonant Moon

 

There once was a Man

Who would blow up the Moon –

Detonate Her right out of the Sky

Why?

 

Unnaturally

The Rhythm of the Tides

The Movement of the Waters

Would cease –

Apparently

These Cycles are too Time-consuming

For this Man

 

Our Culture demands

Immediate Gratification --

The Instant Fix

A Negation of Life, Death, and Rebirth --

Linear Time rules in no Time

Time out of Time with Nature

Earth out of Time – out of Touch

Out of Tune with the Moon

 

There once was a Man

Who would blow up the Moon –

One wonders what was

In his Mother’s Milk! 

 

©Kleomichele Leeds

 

 

Yellow Rhythmic Star/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 8

6 Lamat

 

 Yellow Rhythmic Star

 

 I frequent Beauty

As my Duty and my Due –

 

As Honey

To the Bee –

 

Beauty be

But All to me. 

 

©Kleomichele Leeds   

 

Blue Overtone Hand/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 7

5 Manik

 

Blue Overtone Hand 

 

How – why – and when indeed

Does Love transform to Need?

 

The giving Hand goes on the Take

The Heart grows dark and cold

 

Once open Arms and Eyes

Close to Possibility and Passion –

 

Suspicion suspends Belief

Trust steps out for a Smoke

 

Neither Relief nor Faith survive

The imminent Loss of Hope. 

 

©Kleomichele Leeds

 

White Self-Existing World-Bridger/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 6

4 Cimi

 

White Self-Existing World-Bridger

 

On the Bridge

Between the Worlds --

Radiant with Golden Light

 

The shining Passage

Beckons us to move beyond

Duality and Third Dimension

 

Into Fourth and Fifth

Where Unity holds sway

 Life is Light and Truth – the Way

 

Here Miracles are Natural

 Time and Space collapse

Into the Piercing Present –

 

Upon this sacred Crossing

Angels dance with us and sing -

Our Bodies become Light - bright

With brilliant feathered Wing. 

 

©Kleomichele Leeds

 

Red Electric Serpent/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 5

3 Chicchan

 

Red Electric Serpent

 

In Solitude

I journey down

To meet Ereshkigal  --

My Sister dark –

My Shadow

 

Seven times she

Strips my Flesh –

My Veils

 

Bone alone remains –

If I survive

My self will die –

 

And while I mourn

My Soul will be reborn.

 

©Kleomichele Leeds

 

 

Yellow Lunar Seed/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 4

2 Kan

 

Yellow Lunar Seed

 

That Time of Year lies yawning –

Stretching the Space between Seasons

Days – Weeks of Promise when depending on the Solstice

We stand between cold Dread and warm Anticipation

 

That Time of Year that takes the plant Roots deep –

Makes its Moves from inner Signals

Cosmic Calls of ice-filled Lakes –

Frost – Cold –Wind –Snow and Rain

 The skies of November resemble a Day in March

When grey Clouds give no Comfort or Promise of Warmth

 

Finally, winter loses Strength –

A Seed begins its brave invisible

 Ascent to early Suns too pale for warming –

Only Faith supports our Skin and Bones

Now chilled and blue with Longing

For spring, the winter’s Damage to atone

 

That Time of Year lay shivering

While we, like Children, short-sighted

And burning with Desire cannot wait

For howling, whistling Winds

To blow away the old and bring upon the New

The autumnal Days of early spring are rude –

They tease and taunt without Remorse 

 

That Time of Year too short to name until …

Azure fills a Sky of cotton Clouds –

Jonquil Petals open with the Violet

Green Grass quivers with the Flights of little Bees

Whose Legs are yellow Pollen laden

Daffodil sits up with Hyacinth upon the Hill

The Moth awakes to fly on parchment Wing

The Seasons turn – Gaia smiles – naming Spring.

 

 

©Kleomichele Leeds

 

 

Blue Magnetic Night/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 3

1 Akbal

 

Blue Magnetic Night

 

Sweet Sleep

Enfold me

Travel down

And hold me

To Thy Breast –

 

Long Night

Approach me

Overcome

And take me

Down to

Rest --

 

Tall Dreams

Entrance Me –

Free the Heart

To dance in me

Lest –

 

Dark Fears

Besiege me –

Swallow down

And seize

The very best

Of me.

 

©Kleomichele Leeds

 

White Cosmic Wind/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 2

13 Ik

  

White Cosmic Wind

 

A Phantom have I

Lived with near a Year –

An inner Voice

A disembodied Face

 

A separate Self –

Beloved yet apart –

A ghostly Lover

Occupies my Heart

 

His surface Charm

Hides Depths unfathomable –

Deadly and immortal both –

Wild Resentment grows there

 

Upon him, I projected

Every Wound and Crime

Committed from my infancy

Until present Time

 

I fashioned him a Hero –

That insubstantial Soul –

But when I cut him loose, I saw

The Hero is my Self, made whole.

©Kleomichele Leeds

 

Red Crystal Dragon/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 1

12 Imix 

Red Crystal Dragon

 

Stories within me

Lie sleeping –

For safe-keeping

I suppose --

 

With the swelling of the Moon

Dreams layered into

 Time and Space awaken

The Wild One within

 

Recurring Patterns rise  

Interwoven Archetypes --

Paisleys of Divinity

 Design a Woman’s Soul

 

As she quickens with

The Life Force

Formed by Destiny –

So do We. 

 

©Kleomichele Leeds

 

 

Yellow Spectral Sun/ Self-Existing Owl Moon of Form, Day 28

 11 Ahau

 

Yellow Spectral Sun

 

The bluest blue Jay cries

To Ruby-throated Hummingbirds

Whose tiny sunlit scarlet Throats

 

Dance

 In grand extravagance –

Otherworldly, truly –

 

Huge Crows dip low overhead

Searching out Breakfast -- screeching black

Messengers from an Underworld unseen

 

Guided by the gliding

Flying, dipping, darting

Drumming, thrumming, Hummingbirds –

 

Symbols of an over-arching Wing –

Hints of a Time sublime

When I too will sing. 

 

©Kleomichele Leeds

Blue Planetary Storm/ Self-Existing Owl Moon of Form, Day 27

 

10 Cauac

 

Blue Planetary Storm

 

  Dismembered like Osiris

Am I –

 

Parts of me scattered

O’er Land and Sea

 

A Lineage of Gods

Precedes and supersedes me –

 

Dionysus, Orpheus –

Every sacred King

 

Where is my Beloved?

Is he gone forever?

 

Is he willing to (re)collect

Me Piece by Piece?

 

Re-member me, my blessed Twin –

Redeem me out of Chaos

Into Peace! 

 

©Kleomichele Leeds

White Solar Mirror/ Self-Existing Owl Moon of Form, Day 26

9 Etznab

White Solar Mirror

(Museum Mycenae)

 

Golden earrings

Bracelets – Rings

Pendants – Diadems

Tissue thin

Inlaid with Jasper –

Red Carnelian

 

Vases – Bowls – Cups

Sacred Vessels vibrate

With ancient Symbols —

Shells – Spirals – wild Goats

Great Bulls – Cuttlefish

Rosettes – Chariots

Dolphins leaping

 

Marble Goddesses

Fresh white Flesh –

Alabaster Arms akimbo –

Smooth – unbowed

Though Ten Thousand

Years they hold.

 

©Kleomichele Leeds