Yellow Cosmic Star/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day 22

 

 

13 Lamat

Yellow Cosmic Star

Klotho*- spin your golden Thread

Upon the silver Star

At the Center of my Forehead---

Open wide my virgin Vein

With New Moon’s 

Sickle---Scythe 

Call forth my Poetry to arise

Like Pegasus** from Medusa*** 

Wingèd, beautiful, and wise.

*Klotho: The first of three Fates or Moirae in Greek myth; she spins the thread of life.

**Pegasus: A white, winged steed who sprang from the body of Medusa; patron of the Muses, goddesses of art and poetry.

*** Medusa: A queen of ancient Lydia whom the goddess Athena transformed into a serpent-haired Gorgon.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Blue Crystal Hand/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day 21

 

 

12 Manik

Blue Crystal Hand

The winter lives 

In Death’s apparent frozen Sleep---

Dreamless Days march one against another 

Like Soldiers gone to Battle 

Each fiercer than its Brother

Layered Depths of Frost

Upon a lifeless Tree

Assume the Chill of loneliness

In Nature’s vast Decree

Of Dormancy and cruel Duress

The Cycle of a Season’s Rest---

The Time when all Things lay

Beneath sweet sugared Snow

Which knows no Corner

Where it cannot go.

©Kleomichele Leeds

White Spectral World-Bridger/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day 20

 

 

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---

Nothing

Is there

In Xibalba*---

Only the Ache

In part of

My Heart.

*Xibalba, as described in the Maya sacred text, Popol Vuh, is a court below the surface of the Earth associated with death and with twelve gods or powerful rulers known as the Lords of Xibalba.

©Kleomichele Leeds 

Red Planetary Serpent/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day 19

 

 

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 progenies are Prose and Poetry 

Conceived in the Soul by Night---

Infants unnumbered are borne

On glistening Beams of blue Light.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Yellow Solar Seed/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day18

 

 

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

Blue Galactic Night/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day 17

 

 

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 blazes----

 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

White Resonant Wind/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day 16

 

 

7 Ik

White Resonant Wind

I hear a Call

From the 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 before---

Before Locusts ate my Passion

From an Oasis

Fresh Water flows---

My Thirst is sated, my Hunger gone.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Red Rhythmic Dragon/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day 15

 

 

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 

Yellow Overtone Sun/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day 14

 

 

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

Blue Self-Existing Storm/ Blue Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day 13

 

 

4 Cauac

Blue Self-Existing Storm

My Rage is a Black Sun

Burning without Surcease---

Never setting---never resting---

 Deep in every Cell

My Heart beats Red hot bloody wild---

A Cauldron of scalding Tears

Burns my Eyes and drops---

Wide and without Boundary

Is the Feeling

Fathomless Abyss---

I dive through you into

A dear sweet Death---

Cool damp Darkness

Tempers my Heat--- 

I fall like a Fireball 

Fueled by ancient Anger 

Fused with furious Madness

Silently I scream---

Grieving for Dreams

Lost---steeling myself

Against the relentless Power of Life 

I hit---I die---It is no use 

I am reborn.

©Kleomichele Leeds

White Electric Mirror/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day 12

 

 

3 Etznab

White Electric Mirror

I dance the Dance of Shiva

Pendant in mid-Air---

Creating to Destroy

I make the tall Grass quiver

I dance the Dance of Shiva

Mighty Soul on slender Limb---

 I weave a Pattern known 

Before the Gates of Eden opened 

My Filaments obscure

In the shadowed Night---

Silver Thread invisible save

For Moon’s reflected Light---

Symmetrical and Perfect is my Form

Diamond lit with morning Dew---

I spin and waltz---I whirl and turn

Before my Web is through. 

©Kleomichele Leeds

Red Lunar Earth/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day 11

 

 

2 Caban

Red Lunar Earth

Sing---blue Globe of Light 

Sing each Day---each Night---

These phases less Reality

Than merely Shadow-Play

Sing---shimmering Earth -Soul 

Sing of a Time just in Time

When the Voice of the Turtle

Is heard in the Land

Sing---holographic Hieroglyph---

Play out the Play which spins

The Fear of Death

Into the Death of Fear

Sing---Elements of Quintessential Peace

Music---Laughter---Joy---Grace

Sing until all Borders

Fade without a Trace

Sing---cerulean Jewel of Glory 

Sailing down a Golden Dawn 

Sing---sacred Ground---Sky and Sea

Sing----precious Pearl of Mystery.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Yellow Magnetic Warrior/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day 10

 

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/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day 9

13 Men

Blue Cosmic Eagle

Beneath 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---

And Heart of Sky

 

Her Form---

Eternally reborn 

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/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day 8

 

 

12 Ix

White Crystal Wizard

Ancient Stones

Initialed 

With Lichen 

And Moss 

Mark the Passage---

Nature sculpts

The Testament

Bequeathing Color---

Changing Hue

On Ivy, Rock

   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/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day 7

 

 

11 Ben

Red Spectral Skywalker

We escaped!

From City to Desert Wilderness

We escaped!

From blaring Cacophony

To Silence and Birdsong’s

Sweet Liberation---

With Eyes clear as Glass

I see green 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/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day 6

 

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 Cash

Filled every Space – sold out – locked down

No Room at the Inn for

     Brave brown People or me.  

                   ©Kleomichele Leeds  

Blue Solar Monkey/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day 5

 

 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/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day 4

 

            8 Oc

White Galactic Dog

After the Death of Isis

           I knew that I could die no more

     For All that Death did offer

I drank thereof before

Down in the Depths

With the Goddess wild

Down in the Dark

With my broken Child

I stayed with Her

I ate with Her

Consuming the Ashes

Of Death–in–Life

Until again I rose

In Beauty and in Grace

I bid farewell

 To  the Worst---to the Best

   Death forever in me known---

Fear forever put to Rest.

©Kleomichele Leeds

Red Resonant Moon/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day 3

 

 7 Muluc

Red Resonant Moon

There once was a Man

Who would blow up the Moon---

Detonate Her  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/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day 2

 

 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/ Resonant Monkey Moon of Service, Day 1

 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/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 28

 

 4 Cimi

White Self---Existing World---Bridger

Like Ice on winter Roses

Or frosted Dew on Grass---

My Heart Melts

Only the Stone

Remains in Place

Outside the Tomb

But like a Cloud

The Boulder floats away---

She is risen!

The Angel in your voice---

It’s Tone and Timbre

Start my Heartbeat---

A Resurrection of Affection---

Wordless Communion

Reunion---Celebration

 

A past Affair---

After a bitter Death---Life 

Brought into present Time

In Forgiveness---

Remembrance

And Gratitude sublime.

©Kleomichele Leeds

1/8/2025 Red Electric Serpent/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 27

 

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/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 26

 

 2 Kan

Yellow Lunar Seed

There is a 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---

There is a 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

  Skies of November resemble a Day in March 

When 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 lies 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 

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/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 25

 

 

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/ Rhythmic Lizard Moon of Equality, Day 24

 

 

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 unknown---

Deadly and immortal both---

Wild Resentment grows---

Upon him, I projected

Every Wound and Crime 

From Infancy Committed 

Until present Time--- 

I fashioned him a Hero

That insubstantial Soul---

But when I cut him loose I saw 

The Hero’s but my Self, made whole.

©Kleomichele Leeds