Red Galactic Earth/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 19

 

 8 Caban

Red Galactic Earth

Flown the Arrow from the Bow---

Gone the small white Stone

Into a Strongman’s Forehead---

America removes 

Coils of Limitation, Cruelty---

War and Mayhem fade---

She rejects Repeats of History

Fascism---Corruption---Bigotry

An adolescent Nation ripens---

 Evolution races like the Stone---

Shock---Torpor----and Despair lift---

Conviction defeats the Unthinkable---

 Action takes a Turn and stark---

The Stone finds its Mark

Consciousness rises with the Sun

 Division and Evil die in Washington.

©Kleomichele Leeds  - 2019

Yellow Resonant Warrior/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 18

 

7 Cib

Yellow Resonant Warrior

“Cinderella”

I mop and sweep

I dust and weep

I scour, scrub and fill the Pail

I polish the Knives and Spoons and Forks---

I’m thin and pale

From Overwork!

I wipe and wash

I dry and try

To make my rough Hands soft 

I clean and iron

I hustle and bustle 

To chase the Dirt away---

I am tired and mired

In Cobwebs and Motes

Floating in vacuumed Air---

I clean the Silver

Hang out the Wash 

I bleach and then

Reach for More---

I straighten the Rugs

And change the Sheets---

Fluffing and folding---

Keeping Mice at bay 

Wait! Did I say Mice?

Hooray!

My Coach is on the way.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Blue Rhythmic Eagle/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 17

 

 

6 Men

Blue Rhythmic Eagle

Gentle Breezes 

Float on Pine---

Which Alchemy to subtle 

 Music does refine---

Thrumming Whispers humming

Make audible the Air---

 Nature’s Instrument the Tree--- 

Exquisite String and Bow 

Singing up to Heaven 

The Glory here below.

©Kleomichele Leeds

White Overtone Wizard/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 16

 

5 Ix 

White Overtone Wizard

Thou art liquid Crystal rising---

Animated prism’d Rain 

I am warm and flaming Fire

Burning in your watery Bower---

 

In tandem, do we represent

Extremes of Nature

Opposites in Temperament---

A Union most phenomenal

This wondrous Fount and Flame---

The Central Alchemy of Godhead---

Hippocrene* by name.

*Hippocrene:  the fountain (of the horse) on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses, engendered by a stroke of Pegasus’ hoof; source of poetic inspiration.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Red Self-Existing Skywalker/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 15

 

4 Ben

Red Self-Existing Skywalker

 I could almost hear

My Soul walking before

She was crippled---lame

Limping about---

Slouching toward Bethlehem

In Grief and Pain---

Separated from Splendor 

Spending Days cramped  

In over-crowded Places---

In small guarded Spaces

Now Signs and Symbols shout---

Translating the Unconscious

Into Consciousness---

Crushing the overarching Power

Of the Patriarchy

To miss the Point entirely---

Oh, my waking, walking Soul---my Guide---

Let us prance and dance with Ease

Like a fat elm in a strong Breeze---

My Heart beats to the Rhythm of your Stride.

©Kleomichele Leeds

 

Yellow Electric Human/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 14

 

 

3 Eb

Yellow Electric Human

(A Sonnet Shakespearean)

Oh Muse, oh Husband, may you be the same 

That I need only look to one for All 

Allow our Marriage to yield more than Name 

As Adam cherished Eve before the Fall

Dear Muse, dear Husband, if it be our will

May well our Union celebrated be 

While we tend Progeny from Ink and Quill

Prolific now but more so presently---

We’ll populate the earth with measured Feet---

Not Human merely but also in Verse

Where Gallantry stirs Honor not Deceit---

But high Esteem o’er the Universe

When so my musing husbanded shall be---

None other would I bow before but Thee.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Blue Lunar Monkey/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 13

 

 

2 Chuen

Blue Lunar Monkey 

Winged Ones gather---

Jay, Dove, and Crane

Calling each other

In joyous Refrain

On Branch and Vine

They entertain---

In verdant Abundance of

 Oak and Pine.

©Kleomichele Leeds

White Magnetic Dog/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 12

 

1 Oc

White Magnetic Dog

In the West thin Lips obscure wide Hips--- 

Speech distracts from rolling

Vibrations of curvaceous heavenly Bodies 

 An elemental pelvic Language 

Calls to the dancing Queens---

Serena…Jehan…Dalia…Salome…

Zahra…Scheherazade…Kleopatra…

Mesmerized by whirling beads and silk---

Reason seeks refuge in Desires of the Heart

To Rest in the Wombs of Women 

Ethereal Priestesses float above 

Intoning a Poetry of mystical Love--- 

Psyche and Eros marry Lip to Hip 

The joyous Child is born a dancing Queen.

©Kleomichele Leeds

 

Red Cosmic Moon/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 11

 

 13 Muluc

Red Cosmic Moon

Our Moon---a subtle Sphere

Constantly inconstant 

Appearing but to disappear---

 

Reminding us of

Faith unseen 

Behind the shifting 

Shapes of Things---

Red Moon---Blue Night

Pale Light---

Silhouette in 

Silver White

Great Tides swell 

Beneath her Spell---

Waters rise and fall---

 The Force of this

Magnetic Beam

Invites the Soul 

To Answer

With a Dream.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Yellow Crystal Star/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 10

 

 

12 Lamat

Yellow Crystal Star

Heavy was I

With Life unlived---

 Tears unshed

Orbiting around myself---

Judging without Mercy 

Merciful without Judgment

An Ogre sat 

Upon my Heart

Devouring my Passion---

Then came You---

With Star-bright 

Eyes–-your

Heart warm with Love---

Wrapped like a Gift

From Above.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Blue Spectral Hand/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 9

 

 

11 Manik

Blue Spectral Hand

Draw near to 

Hear the Mystery---

Mythology---

Cosmology of Soul

In Reverie and Reverence

Replete with Obeisance---

Unearth the Labyrinthine

Ways invisible 

Reject me not

Nor spurn me 

Do not fear---

Draw near

Forgive my Urgency 

Insurgency---

No Thing compares

To this Emergency. 

©Kleomichele Leeds

White Planetary World-Bridger/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 8

 

 

10 Cimi

White Planetary World-Bridger

I sense the footfall of gentle Death 

Dancing with Light and Peace---

 Waiting upon Welcome

By nature, She is kind and shy---

Visiting but once

In our Lives.

Sweet Sleep---our Redeemer and Reward

We avoid and greet with protest---

Why mourn?

Cry instead an honest Tear

For terrible Loss and Fear 

Let us praise and honor Death---

She the Vessel and sacred Ark

For our Escape from Nowhere

Into the Absolute Now Here.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Red Solar Serpent/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 7

 

 9 Chicchan

Red Solar Serpent

I mine the Depths

Traveling on Instinct--- 

Pulling Rubies, Diamonds

From the Walls---

Plucking perfect Pearls

From an Oyster Shell---

I drop 

Into Realms chthonic---

Into Realms Plutonic 

Underneath the Sea

To Luz---the Goal---

My Home of 

Many Mansions---

 My Soul.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Yellow Galactic Seed/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 6

 

 

8 Kan

Yellow Galactic Seed

Sweet Calla---

Like a Goddess

In the Garden

 

Image of the Heart---

Cream in part

And golden, too--- 

Androgyny’s Ideal

Your velvet Depths

Pierced by Pollen---

Bearing Stamen

Symbol of Truth 

Grace embodied---

Flower of the dreaming Fields

 Marker of

 Ritual and Rite---

Regal---majestic

 Lily white.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Blue Resonant Night/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 5

 

 

7 Akbal

Blue Resonant Night

Into my Dream

Flew a yellow Bird –

A Rose upon each Wing

The Rose was pink

And I did think it odd

This Coloring

The Bird came close

As if to speak

In Awe I shut my Eyes

Then I did feel 

Upon my cheek

A tiny Kiss –

A precious Prize.

©Kleomichele Leeds

White Rhythmic Wind/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 4

 

 

6 Ik

White Rhythmic Wind

Poetess I call myself as

 Lines I rhyme 

Fine Phrases do I form---

My Thoughts evolve

In parcèd Time

 Rhythms sweet are born---

When I dare

Disclose to you

A rare or radiant Verse---

You see the Light

In darkest Night---

The lifting of a Curse.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Red Overtone Dragon/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 3

 

 

5 Imix

Red Overtone Dragon

Within us

 Peace Moves

Like a Zeitgeist

Ready to be born

In this Age of Chaos---

The World---Heart opens

To the Height of Heaven---

To the Depths of Hell 

On the vast horizon of Time and Space

Another Golden Age appears

In Hieroglyphic Grace.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Yellow Self-Existing Sun/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 2

 

 

4 Ahau

Yellow Self-Existing Sun

In a Plenitude of Solitude, I sing---

Throngs of Bougainvillea stretch

Scarlet into the desert Sky---

Birdsong and Sunlight abound

Clouds sail by

Stately, serene---

Hummingbirds hover in Tangerine Trees 

Lemons hang ponderous

Bountiful and free---

Gifts from the Goddesses to me.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Blue Electric Storm/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 1

  

3 Cauac

Blue Electric Storm

Tall Trees

Slake a Thirst

Of which I’m unaware

Until there 

In the midst

Of the Mist---

 A Blanket of Leaves

Marks my way---

Lush Greens vibrate 

  Infinite in Hue---

Remarkably blue

Is the Sky---

Quietude and Solitude

My Allies strong

In the rendering of  

 Soothing Song.

©Kleomichele Leeds

White Lunar Mirror/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 28

 

2 Etznab

White Lunar Mirror

To Heaven by Degree

Tonight’s Moon rises

Over the Skyline

Above Earth’s Horizon--- 

By Nature’s Decree

Tonight’s Moon rises---

Her Course clear and sure

Charted---specific 

From this I take Comfort

More than random---Life

More than fleeting---Joy

Sorrow---Nevermore.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Red Magnetic Earth/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 27

 

 

1 Caban

Red Magnetic Earth

Like frozen Field

Or brittle Leaf---

I fold into my Self---

Surface Life recedes

Falls far away and deep---

 Sparks fly faint and blue 

Too weak for Light or Heat

Frost rustles underfoot

Grasses bend and break---

A Shroud upon myself I take---

Infinity curls within 

My Shell---

Eros hides

Inside

Great granite Cliffs

Belie a Planet full of Life---

Her Crystal Core

Pulls the Moon around--- 

Directs the Seasons

And the Treasons

Until the Sun returns.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Yellow Cosmic Warrior/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 26

 

 

13 Cib

Yellow Cosmic Warrior

I stand 

Sentinel 

At Thresholds

Sanctifying Godseeds---

Where Word meets World

I hold Records holographic

Cosmic and Akashic---

Volumes of History galactic

Infinities I span

Eternities I wander 

 Mysteries I explore

Beyond divine Dichotomies

I am No Thing

I am Now Here

I live in the Mythos---

 Homeland of the Muse.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Blue Crystal Eagle/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 25

 

 

12 Men

Blue Crystal Eagle

My Heart is fragile

Agile in her Musing---

Full of Adhesions

Doubt, Fears, and Reasons

To withdraw---

I learned to love on a Battleground 

Where volatile Mines

Were set down to trip 

Me into Conformity---

I lost small Pieces of my Mind

In Hell-bent Skirmishes out of the Blue---

Always poised to defend myself 

I danced with the Devil on the Front Lines---

Resistance sent me Underground 

But the Devil claimed his Due---

I laid down my Soul in Surrender 

To a Power I hardly knew---

I lost that Battle but won the War 

Therein lay my Victory---

When I died to Death my Life was born 

My Story began telling me.

©Kleomichele Leeds

White Spectral Wizard/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 24

 

 

10 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 apart our Hearts---

Eros 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 against 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.” 

There are Burdens you carry

Awkwardly against your Will

Away from me, you turn

Even while approaching---

You balance self-consciously

In order not to fall or disturb

A 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 a 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 dawns upon

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

Red Planetary Skywalker/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 23

 

 

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 all concerns or 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

Yellow Solar Human/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 22

 

 

9 Eb

Yellow Solar Sun

Born into Ignorance

 I serve only Truth---

 

I follow a golden Light

Into the Origins of Time---

 

I am the numinous Feminine 

In a collapsing World of Men

 

Initiated into false Values

Fallen Wisdom---devious Lust

 

But I am Love itself---

The Life that sings

 

I am Eternal---Infinite

I am the Sacred in all things.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Blue Galactic Monkey/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 21

 

8 Chuen

Blue Galactic Monkey

Galactic Monkey’s Vision

Pierces Maya’s Veil---

That which is solid

To our Senses

Is in Fact Illusion---

For beneath the Surface

Of third-dimension’s Duality

Shimmer Realms of the Absolute--- 

In unified, glorified Wonder

We have lived so long

In the materialized, mechanized World

We are hypnotized ---

Mesmerized to Sleep

Deep in the Consciousness

Of Self-realized Samadhi

We perceive with Cosmic Vision

The sacred Unity of Life

From One we were born---

To One we re-turn.

©Kleomichele Leeds

White Resonant Dog/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 20

 

 

7 Oc

White Resonant Dog

Within my Soul there

Shines a Diamond

Point of Purity---

Where Love abides 

And Life sings on forever.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Red Rhythmic Moon/ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, Day 19

 

 

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---

 Triple Goddess---

Original Trinity---

Original Blessing.

©Kleomichele Leeds