13 Imix
Red Cosmic Dragon
Make of me
A Melody of Images---
The transcendent Word---
Make of me
A Messenger
Gathering Beauty around the World---
Bestowing Wisdom upon all
Whom I encounter---
Make of my Life
A living Prayer---
A healing Balm and Treasure
Fill my Time with Blessings---
Make Joy my Garment
And Forgiveness my Goal---
May Skywalkers explore
The vastness of my Heart---
The Mansions of my Soul.
©Kleomichele Leeds
12
Ahau
Yellow
Crystal Sun
In sultry Waves
Of visible Heat
The Crystal Sun
Undoes us All---
Without a Breath
Long Days
Slowly fall and fade
Into violet Dusk
Even the evening Breeze
Hangs back and waits
Like an invisible Star
The burning Fabric of Reality is
torn---
Let us love and only love
Until true Peace is born.
©Kleomichele Leeds
11 Cauac
Blue
Spectral Storm
Thundering
Rumbles---
Smackdown
Drops---
Black
Dimes on Concrete
Rain
pours
Into Crevices---
Slides
down Walls
Roaring
Bass Drum
Lightning---fast
Flashes
White
Serpent streaks---
Shots
in the Dark!
Finally---
Sky
War Truce
Then
Suddenly---
Sun!
©Kleomichele Leeds
10 Etznab
White Planetary Mirror
Murdered was my Soul---
Surgically
Methodically
Intentionally---
In infancy
Ignored---
Or given deadly
Double Meanings
By five
I grew wise---
Well beyond my Years---but
Thoroughly repressed
Utterly depressed---but
It got much worse---
Needle Tracks
Insults---Incest---Neglect
Not–so–veiled References
To my horrendous Imperfections---
There was no pleasing
No appeasing
No Approval
In their Eyes
I failed
In all Ways---
©Kleomichele Leeds
9 Caban
Red Solar Earth
In the Dead of Winter, I
was born---
The Sighs and Cries rang
out for Days
And far into the frigid,
crystal Nights---
I missed the New Year’s Day
Descending late---delaying
My Departure from a warm Womb
Into the cold, white World
In the Dead of Winter, I
was born
With black wet curly Hair
So overgrown and heavy
That “Monkey” or “Medusa”
came to Mind---
Little did I wish to go
another Round on Earth
Or feel another mortal
Wound---
My Eardrums failed to close
My Eyes so large and dark
I always saw nearsightedly
In the Dead of Winter, I
was born---
Life leapt up---dealing
Death
A feisty Blow---
Brittle Bough and
Ice-filled Lake no Match
for
Red hot Blood---the Will to
be---
A fresh young Heart
Making a small Spring
In the Dead of Winter.
©Kleomichele Leeds
Yellow Galactic
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 keep 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
Hecate will save the Day!
©Kleomichele Leeds
7 Men
Blue Resonant Eagle
Red---White---Blue/Black---Yellow
Such are the colors
Of the Medicine Wheel---
Such are the colors of Humankind
Red---White---Blue/Black---Yellow
East---North---West---South
Such are the Cardinal Directions---
Such are the Faces of the Wind
This Cosmology heals---
Strong Medicine it is---
Whereby all have Dignity
Each is honored
Red---White---Blue---Yellow
Brothers and Sisters all---
Denizens of the Medicine Wheel
Each is needed for All to Heal.
©Kleomichele Leeds
6 Ix
White Rhythmic
Wizard
(New York City
Suite)
A cacophony of Horns---
Movement---Motion
Rapid restless
Commerce---
Monument to Materialism
Temptation---Seduction
Greatness of Possibility
Possibility of Greatness---
Choices---Changes
Losses---Gains
Solid---Intense---Grey
Concrete testimonies to Genius
Architecture---Fashion---Art
Finance---Efficiency---Economy
But above All---
Ambition.
©Kleomichele Leeds
5 Ben
Red Overtone Skywalker
Whenever Eros flies
There, too, are nine---
Daughters of Zeus
And Mnemosyne*
*Mnemosyne: Cultural memory in Greek mythology; also, mother of the nine Muses: Kleo; Thalia; Erato; Euterpe; Polyhymnia; Kalliope; Terpsikhore; Urania; Melpomene.
©Kleomichele Leeds
4 Eb
Yellow Self-Existing
Human
You hold me---
My eyes close as I
awaken
To Feelings found
again
Love---Joy---Terror
Flood my Heart
Change is on the
Wing---
From Innocent to
Woman---
Psyche’s archetypal
Journey
Hidden like a Flame
beneath the Sea.
©Kleomichele Leeds
3 Chuen
Blue Electric Monkey
Invade my Soul, dear One---
Transform my Heart and Mind---
Let neither Fear nor bastard Thought
Deceive or me unconscious find---
Disperse thy Self throughout my Self
Each Cell a fractal Entity
Of Quantum Grace---
Magnetic Field---
Celestial Deity.
*Polyhymnia: One of the nine Muses, goddesses of poetic
inspiration, Polyhymnia serves as the Muse of sacred song.
©Kleomichele Leeds
