11 Cimi
White Spectral
World-Bridger
Death surrounds me
now---
I swim in the
Underworld
Lower than Low---
Down in the Depths
Of the Darkness---
I float apart
From all I knew---
Nothing
Is there
In Xibalba*---
Only the Ache
In my Heart.
*Xibalba is described in the Maya sacred text, Popul Vu as a
court below the surface of the Earth associated with the Lords
of Xibalba, or the Lords of the Underworld.
©Kleomichele Leeds
10 Chicchan
Red Planetary
Serpent
As she melts upon my
Tongue
I swallow down the
full Moon whole
She settles in my Belly
while
I drink the Wine of
Kingdom come
She takes a silver Ride
inside
Where Flesh had been
until
The Promise of a Woman’s
Life
Fell beneath a Surgeon’s
Knife
Scalpel cut the
Sinew and the Nerve
Creating added Space---
My Womb is in the
Tomb
But even more is in
its Place
My progeniy are Prose
and Poetry
Conceived in the
Soul by Night---
Infants unnumbered
are borne
On glistening Beams
of blue Light.
©Kleomichele Leeds
9 Kan
Yellow Solar Seed
Clouds float by
In grand Procession---
Billowing, pillowing
Wisps of white---
Stately Fortresses of
Mist
Kissing a blue Sky
Shape-shifters all---
Turning Light to
Shadow
Eclipsing Sun, Moon, and Stars---
Silently they pass
en masse
Carrying Prayers on
High.
©Kleomichele Leeds
8 Akbal
Blue Galactic Night
In the midnight Fire
Of Winter’s second Moon
I ascend again---again, I rise
To ask for Blessing
In the midnight Fire
A full Moon appears----
Fear disappears
In a Prayer for Compassion
In the midnight Fire
Of the midnight Hour
My heart’s Wing
Reaches for my Beloved
A full Moon burns
Hot in the frozen Sky
Stars shine without light---
Tears become
Pearls of great Price.
©Kleomichele Leeds
7
Ik
White
Resonant Wind
I hear the Call
From an 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 Drought into cool Mist
Gone the dry Brush
Gone the burning Sun
Cool Breezes fly through me
I know this Call---
I’ve heard it all before
The Locusts ate my Passion
From an Oasis
Fresh Water flows---
My Thirst is sated, my Hunger gone.
©Kleomichele Leeds
6 Imix
Red Rhythmic Dragon
I descend at the Height
of Day
Mind awake
Eyes
wide open---
I find dead my
Maidenhead---
A Land of Life
strewn with Bones
Dry white Skeletons lying
on Stones---
Life decayed/ Care
delayed
Turns the Landscape
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 grows---
Hear the Breeze
Blowing through
Bones---
Too little
Tenderness, too late
Can neither stop the
Wind
Nor alter Fate.
©Kleomichele Leeds
5 Ahau
Yellow Overtone Sun
Bare winter Branches---
Ancient Arms
Reach past Amethyst
Through Blue
Beyond Blue---
Until a Salmon
Pink Horizon
Sets the Sun.
©Kleomichele Leeds
