Saturday, September 28, 2024

9/27/2024 White Self-Existing Wind/ Electric Deer Moon of Service, Day 8


 

 4 Ik

 

White Self-Existing Wind 

 

Many a past Love had passed over me

Those I thought true became truly false

I lost all my Loves in Loss untimely

To Lust’s illusory three-quartered Waltz

 

Terrified of Solitude

Friendship I sought with purloined Emotion

Grief and Misery rendered me numb

Grandiose, aggressive, and rude---

 

I starved and thirsted at Fate’s great Banquet

Refusing to learn or earn my Share

Finally abandoned by all who knew me

I gave myself up to Insanity

 

“Take me,” I prayed to a god unknown

“Release me from Hell on Earth.”

In Desperation then I found

A Bridge of Sighs over the River of Life---

 

Part of me died – the Fear and the Pride

As a Newborn, I crossed the Bridge---

When at last I reached the other Side

I perceived a Meal most strange!

 

The Fare was unpleasant, not easy to swallow

It stuck in my Throat but nourished my Soul

Compelled to eat without knowing why

I had Breakfast of Crow and a large Humble Pie.

 

 

©Kleomichele Leeds



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