Thursday, December 19, 2019

12/13/2019 White Spectral Wizard/ Rhyrhmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 1


11 Ix

White Spectral Wizard

It isn’t that we quarreled –
Or fought with sharpened Tongue and Fang
Or clawed our Way through Tunnels full of Gloom
Together
No fuming Rage or Thunder
Tore our Hearts apart
Eros, too, stood silently at bay
Peeking in on us – standing on tip-toe
Watching as we mocked Love’s glory
Imitating the sublime State
We moved simultaneously toward
And away from one another
The Possibility of US did not
Dawn in Flashes of bright Light
You spoke of Rockets, saying
“I need others as well as you –
Another instead of you.”
Inside me never you –
Only you
There are Burdens you carry
Awkwardly against your Will
Away from me you turn
Even while approaching
You balance yourself self-consciously
In order not to fall or disturb
Your precarious Equilibrium


Being January’s Child
I know the two-faced god
Of Ambivalence –
Janus is false fashioned
As you are rudely fake
You give and then abruptly take
Away
I had little time
To test the Truth 
To run the Gamut of Emotions
Bequeathed to me
As crown Jewels –
I chose the simple Stone
Of Disenchantment
I now deny false gods –
Declare that I will repair
The bruised Heart within me beating –
The Decision is mine
To make without you
Even as I have been
With you
Awareness breaks in
Waves of Consciousness –
The rhythmic Swell of Knowledge
Builds the natural Bridges of my Soul –
Only forward does my inner Eye direct
As I acquaint myself with myself again –
Without you.



©Kleomichele Leeds























































12/12/2019 Red Planetary Skywalker/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 28







10 Ben

 Red Planetary Skywalker


Faster than the Speed of Light
We travel Side by Side
Deeper than the Sky at Night
Love’s Arms reach in to guide

From now to then and back again
Ensconced from here to there
We fly above all doubt and Pain
Past any current Care

The newborn Moment is our Carriage
Dressed in Gold and Silver Time
Guarding well the Oath of Marriage
Floating on the Wings of Rhyme

Sails of deep Devotion direct
Our Ship of State
Trimmed to perfect Destiny
The favorite Child of Fate.



©Kleomichele Leeds




Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Yellow Solar Human/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 27






9 Eb

Yellow Solar  Human

Born into Ignorance
 I serve only Truth

I follow a golden Lamp
Into the Origin of Time

I am the numinous Feminine 
In a collapsing World of Men

Initiated into false Values
Fallen Wisdom – devious Love

I am Love itself –
The Life that sings

I am Eternal – Infinite
I am the Sacred in Everything.

©Kleomichele Leeds


Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Blue Galactic Monkey/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 26






8 Chuen

Blue Galactic Monkey

Soul's Call
Repudiates Rest –
It is an insistent Echo –
An Unrelenting Cry
 A Disquieting Hum
Quivering
In the Heart’s deep Drum

Soul's Voice  
Declines Silence –
Until we hear
And then begin to listen
It moves us
And behooves us to move
Into the World –

 Soul's Call  
Summons Risk and Fall –
 Journeys without Distance
From Fear to Love

Soul's Voice 
 Summons Vision
Requires Variety
Ritual and Sobriety
In order to be healed 
Heeded and heard again.



©Kleomichele Leeds



12/9/2019 White Resonant Dog/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 25






7 Oc


White Resonant Dog


Within my Soul

Shines a Diamond

Point of Purity

Where Love abides –

And Life sings on forever.



©Kleomichele Leeds



12/8/2019 Red Rhythmic Moon/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 24






6 Muluc


Red Rhythmic Moon


Of a new Mother

Am I now born –

Re-born and born again –


Of the Triple Womb

 Of the Rhythmic Moon

Life – Death – Life –


 The Triple Goddess –

Original Trinity

Original Blessing.


©Kleomichele Leeds




Saturday, December 7, 2019

Yellow Overtone Star/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 23







5 Lamat


Yellow Overtone Star


My Soul is a Fire
Hot and wild

My Soul is a River
Like the River Nile

Full of Splendor and Story
Indifferent to Propriety

She glides through the Night

 From Hippocrene* on Helicon**

My Genius –

My Pegasus***

My wingèd Flight.


*Hippocrene (Fountain of the Horse):  A spring created when Pegasus kicked Mount Helicon, sacred to the Muses (goddesses of artistic expression); regarded as the living water of the soul as well as the source of poetic inspiration.
**Helicon:  A mountain in central Greece; regarded by the ancients as the abode of Apollo and the Muses.
***Pegasus:  The winged steed that sprang from the decapitated body of Medusa; symbolic of flights of creative imagination.


©Kleomichele Leeds




12/6/2019 Blue Self-Existing Hand/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 22






4 Manik


Blue Self-Existing Hand
Tanka*

 Because you are now

Free to fly I shine, glisten

And glimmer like a

Clear, crystal Tear on the Tip

 Of your out-stretched feathered Wing.


*Tanka: A Japanese form of poetry comprised of five lines and 31 syllables: five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables respectively.

©Kleomichele Leeds



Thursday, December 5, 2019

White Electric World-Bridger/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 21






3 Cimi


White Electric World-Bridger


Bullies birth the Saints
Long suffering –

One Hundred and Four
 Thousand Years an Age

 Alphabet turns Hieroglyph –
And Cries of Grief to Song.


©Kleomichele Leeds




Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Red Lunar Serpent/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 20






2 Chicchan

Red Lunar Serpent


Let us move our Mourning to Thanksgiving
Giving up Despair for second Sight
That we may count ourselves among the Living
Our Vision sees through Blindness to the Light
Between us many Obstacles arise
To block our Path of Faith around the Earth
But when at last we see with Spirit’s Eyes
The poison Snake of Sadness dies at Birth
Our Gratitude and Faith forever sound
In ringing Psalms of Memory and Praise
Beyond the Walls of Sorrow we are found
Singing Hymns of Joy for all our Days.

All Thanks to you, our pure and gentle Dove
Progenitor of Fealty and Love.


©Kleomichele Leeds


12/3/2019 Yellow Magnetic Seed/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day19





1 Kan

Yellow Magnetic Seed

Moving up and out –
In the here and now
Am I
Nor Shadow nor Shade
Nor Partner nor Maid
Am I
Whole and complete
Aware and replete with Wisdom
Am I
Unchained – unbowed – unwed
Free to choose – choosing Freedom
Am I
Fierce and mighty
Grateful and giving
Am I
Creating – destroying – preserving
All that comes to Matter
Am I
Daughter – Sister – Mother
 Woman – Friend
Am I
The Voice that in the End
Bridges Space between the Worlds
I Am.

©Kleomichele Leeds


Monday, December 2, 2019

Blue Cosmic Night/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 18





13 Akbal


Blue Cosmic Night

Into high Symbol
We go
As well as low  

Initiation transforms Soul –
Life puts on meaning
Like an Alice Blue Gown

But first to the dark Night
The Underworld of War –
Wotan’s* Ecstasy

This Wave of Time/Space crests
As Cataclysm transforms
Trinity into Quaternity
Hamlet becomes Faust

Descend then to the Mothers –
Sacred Goddess’ Diadem
Earth’s Mysteries prophesy
A New Jerusalem!

*Wotan: one-eyed Teutonic god with an insatiable appetite for war and power – symbol of blind violence.

©Kleomichele Leeds 




Sunday, December 1, 2019

White Crystal Wind/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 17






12 Ik

White Crystal Wind 

In and out

The Sea breathes

Herself awake

On morning Tide –

The Breeze –

A cleansing Current -

Crystalline Air –

Giving up Debris

In frothy Paroxysms

She bequeaths and leaves

Flotsam and Jetsam 

 Shells and more

Upon her polished Shore.


©Kleomichele Leeds









Saturday, November 30, 2019

Red Spectral Dragon/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 16






11 Imix

Red Spectral Dragon

My Grief –
 I own it as I would
A Dagger plunged
Deep into my Heart

The Blade would
End my Life
If it were steel

Yet Sorrow steals
Much more than Breath
From the dancing Soul –

Psychic Wounds
Bleed boundless Tears –
 Suffering creates
A Ground of Being –

‘Til Eros comes to
Pull the Blade out clean.


©Kleomichele Leeds



Friday, November 29, 2019

Yellow Planetary Sun/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 15






10 Ahau


Yellow Planetary Sun

The disembodied Voice
So long held dear –
Communication
From afar –
Each Syllable and Word
Recalled –

Love’s Labors these
When Bodies separate

Reunion puts a Face on Love
Changes Space and Time
Adds Dimension – Touch –
More Feeling to a Phrase
 Rounding out Reality –

Turns Past and Future
Into Here and Now –
Transforming Promise
Into Vow.

                                                  

©Kleomichele Leeds




Thursday, November 28, 2019

Blue Solar Storm/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 14






9 Cauac


Blue Solar Storm


My Heart is closed for Repairs 

Out to Lunch

Shut down

Boarded up against you


You refuse to give

Even to the starving Subway Seekers –

To me you give few Words

Weak Affection

A Pittance of Attention


Therefore I must retreat

Withdraw and free myself

From this Neglect

Until further Notice –

My Heart is closed for Repairs.


©Kleomichele Leeds



Wednesday, November 27, 2019

White Galactic Mirror/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 13






8 Etznab


White Galactic Mirror

Thistle blooms violet
Against Vine –
Needled Pine –
Deep blue Sea

Monarch turns bright
Orange and black –
From Chrysalis
To Vision marvelous

Vibrant Contrast –
Winged Harmony
Monarch sips scarlet –
Then lifts into Flight.


©Kleomichele Leeds


11/26/2019 Red Resonant Earth/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 12






7 Caban


Red Resonant Earth

I set down
A Ring of Fire

 The Bone
The Feather and the Cone
My Territory mark

I lay down to wait –
 Still – until

You crossed
The confines
Of my Heart

The Ring of my Wondering
The Ring of my Wandering

You braved the Limits
Of my Rage

My Childhood died –
 Fear fell as well

True Love spoke
Broken was the Spell.


©Kleomichele Leeds



Monday, November 25, 2019

Yellow Rhythmic Warrior/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 11





6 Cib

Yellow Rhythmic Warrior

I will shock you into Joy –
Enough to slough away
The routine Day
Rendering sacred each Moment
In a heartfelt Hour –

Whenever you forget
Or lose your Self
I will appear –
Exploding unexpectedly
In the Heart of your Mind –
In the Mind of your Heart

If fleeting Greed and Fear
Freeze Creation
I will shake you
To your sacred Roots
With a Thunderbolt of Truth –

Oh, dearest One –
Hear my Words
Ineffable and numinous –
Feed your Soul
With Manna irresistible
Welcome me
For I am Love
Made visible –
Your highest Hope
Revealed
Your greatest Passion fulfilled
Life in Death Am I –
The Resurrection and the Way

Oh, my Beloved
Your Heart beats
To my Rhythm –
Open to receive me
At your Heart’s Door
For I stand and knock
I shall shock you –
Rock and roll you
Into the Fire-stream
Of Destiny –
Arise!

Now is the Time!


©Kleomichele Leeds